The bookmaker from Co Tyrone was shot and died in Co Kildare on September 30th, 1990.

The actor-turned-activist is appealing after a High Court judge found he libelled two people and ordered him to pay a total of £180,000 in damages.

The 47-year-old appeared at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday.

It comes a year after the actress announced she had suffered a miscarriage.

Billy Fox was shot dead by IRA gunmen on March 11th, 1974

The actor is being sued for libel by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal,