Spector to serve at least 19 years

Phil Spector will spend at least 19 years in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, a judge has said.

Last month, the 69-year-old was found guilty of shooting Clarkson at his California home.

He was given a sentence today of 15 years to life with an additional four years for use of a gun, the BBC reports.

The presiding judge at the LA court also set the condition that the music producer must serve at least 19 years of his jail time before he can be eligible for parole, by which time he will be 88-years-old.

Spector plead not guilty in his five-month long retrial. A jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on the case during the original trial in 2007.

His lawyers have said that they will attempt to appeal the decision.

Clarkson died of a gunshot wound to the mouth at Spector's LA home in 2003 after meeting him at a nightclub hours earlier.