Judge orders Prince to pay editor

Prince was not represented during last month's trial

Prince has been ordered to pay nearly $58,000 (£37,000) to a man who claims the star failed to pay him for editing work and unreturned equipment.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has issued the judgement in favour of video editor Ian C Lewis after a brief trial last month.

Mr Lewis sued Prince and his company, Paisley Park Enterprises, last October.

The star's lawyers withdrew from the case and he was not represented during the trial.

The judgement fell well short of the $1m (£634,000) in damages that Mr Lewis was seeking.

Court documents show the judge also denied Mr Lewis's claim that Prince and his company broke a $25,000 (£15,900) computer because no receipts were provided.

The singer played a 21-date residency at London's O2 Arena last year.