A controversial re-enactment of Michael Jackson's death has been shown on VH1's Famous Crime Scene. The show used an uncanny Jackson lookalike for its chilling 30-minute program, which aired in the US last night. The re-enactment showed the Jackson lookalike being given CPR - first on his bed and then on the floor - by an actor playing the singer's doctor, Conrad Murray, who has since been charged with manslaughter.

The most shocking scenes, however, featured the lookalike lying naked on an autopsy table, covered with a towel, and later being pushed into a mortuary drawer. VH1's show used a mixture of actors and journalists to put together its version of the events surrounding Jackson's death. But, confusingly, it also featured interviews with actual members of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) who were involved in the tragic events of 25 June last year, as well as paparazzi footage from outside the hospital and the music legend's home. In the program, LAFD Captain Stephen Ruda recalls the fire department's response to the event.

He said: "At 12.25pm, we were on the scene. Firefighters were led… to the room where the patient was located. Our firefighters found the doctor doing CPR. It turned out to be Michael Jackson." The King of Pop died, aged 50, after suffering a cardiac arrest. The LA County Coroner has since ruled that his death was a homicide, according to reports.

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