His sentencing will be comparatively brief and could lack the fireworks that erupted between the lead prosecutor and defense lawyer. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The bitterly fought murder trial of Robert Durst stretched over the better part of two years. Robert Durst settled his share of the family fortune and was estimated by prosecutors to have $100 million. His father, Seymour, took the reins of the company and later handed control of it to a younger brother, Douglas. Prosecutors also presented evidence that he intentionally killed a neighbor in Galveston, Texas, in 2001, though he had been acquitted of murder in that case after testifying that he shot the man in self-defense.ĭurst is the grandson of Joseph Durst, who founded the Durst Organization, one of Manhattan’s largest commercial real estate firms. The New York real estate heir faces a mandatory term of life in prison without parole for the first-degree murder of his best friend, Susan Berman. (AP)ĭurst, 78, was convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court last month of first-degree murder for shooting Susan Berman point-blank in the back of the head at her home in December 2000.ĭurst silenced Berman to prevent her from incriminating him in the reopened investigation of his wife’s 1982 disappearance in New York, prosecutors said.īerman provided a phony alibi for Durst when Kathie Durst vanished, prosecutors said.ĭurst testified that he didn’t kill either woman, but said on cross-examination that he would lie if he had. New York real estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his best friend more that two decades ago.
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