FLAVOR FLAV - FLAV FUMES OVER 14 YEAR OLD SHOOTING CASE

FLAVOR FLAV is planning to appeal a New York judge's decision to order the Wu-Tang Clan rapper to pay $1.8 million (GBP900,000) to his former neighbour, who he allegedly shot at 14 years ago. Judge Dianne Renwick ruled the hip-hop star, real name William Drayton, should pay the sum to Thelouizs English, who lived in the rapper's apartment block Executive Towers in the Bronx in 1993. Drayton was sentenced to two months in jail and three years of probation after he was convicted in 1995 of criminal possession of a weapon. English later filed an assault and battery civil suit against the rapper. A default judgement of $850,000 (GBP425,000) was issued against Drayton 10 years ago. Judge Renwick issued the ruling after English's lawyers claimed the amount had risen to $1.8 million through interest over the last 10 years, although the rapper believes it should be $1.4 million (GBP700,000). Drayton's lawyer Charles Johnson argued Judge Renwick has a conflict of interest, because she is married to the Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson who failed in his attempt to convict the musician of the shooting. Charles Johnson tells the New York Post, "Her actions were retaliatory because her husband lost a series of cases to Flav."