Michael Jackson former doctor Conrad Murray bidding to get medical licence back

The controversial doctor was blamed for the superstar singer’s death six years ago, but sees no reason he shouldn’t be able to practise once again

THE late superstar Michael Jackson ’s controversial doctor Conrad Murray wants his medical licence back so he can again practise in the United States, the Sunday Mirror can reveal.

Six years after being blamed for the singer’s death, heart specialist Murray says he sees no reason why he shouldn’t be allowed to return to making a living from his profession.

The heart specialist has applied to have his suspension lifted, claiming he is hard up and has to rely on handouts from friends.

Despite being jailed over Jacko’s shocking and premature death, Murray is to reapply for his suspended medical license to be reinstated in the two states in which he mainly worked.

Murray, whose controversial book on Jackson, This Is It, was serialised in the Daily and Sunday Mirror, insists: “I am an innocent man.”

He claims that although he was in Jackson’s house when he died, aged 50, from a lethal dose of the anaesthetic propofol, he played no part in his death.

**Murray was blamed for Michael Jackson’s death in 2011**

“I was unjustly punished for a crime that never happened,” said Murray.

Murray said he would reapply for his medical license in California and Nevada, claiming they were suspended ‘voluntarily’ in those two states after his conviction.

“I see no reason why I shouldn’t be able to practise in the U.S,” he said. “I surrendered my licence voluntarily and am confident it will be re-instated in both states.”

Born in the Caribbean island of Grenada, before later moving to Trinidad and Tobago, Murray said he was still able to practise in the Caribbean if he so wished.

**Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter**

“I am a doctor by profession and no one can ever take that title away from me,” said Murray, who it’s claimed was earning $150,000 a month as Jackson’s personal physician at the time of his death.

Jailed for four years, in 2011, after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson’s death, Murray, 63, says he now has no income of his own and survives with handouts from friends and family.

But he claims he has continued to help many patients on a voluntary basis.

“Since being freed, I have continued to help my patients and many new patients who have come to me because of my reputation,” he said.

“They come from across the world; from Spain, Israel, America and the South Pacific. Do I charge them? No. I do not charge for my services. I volunteer to help them and see them through their problems.

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“Most are major heart surgery patients. I help them and I help give them peace of mind. How do I benefit? The one thing that has always driven me is the fulfillment of making a difference.

“I am highly skilled and have an unblemished medical record. My career has been impeccable.”

Despite supposedly having no income, Murray splits his time between homes in Southern California and Florida, and lives with partner Nicole Alvarez, who he plans to marry, and their seven-year-old son Chee.