LOS ANGELES — Music producer Phil Spector has hired Leslie Abramson, one of the country's best known and most colourful criminal defence lawyers, to handle his murder case, ending his relationship with Robert Shapiro, Abramson told The Associated Press today. Abramson, who became famous for her role in the murder trial of brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, said she had been phasing out her defence practice with an eye toward retirement when she was contacted by Spector. "I was about to hang it up when I got the call," she said. "No other defendant would get me to give up...