*Snitch Tied Suge To Rap Slay - ex-cop*
Los Angeles - death row records boos Marion "Suge" knight confessed he set up the murder of notorious B.I.G. from his jail cell and ridiculed the way the hefty rapper slumped over when he was struck by gunfire,a prison snitch told cops
Testifying yesterday in a wrongful death suit filed by B.I.G.'s family,retired detective Fred miller recounted the "shocking" story he heard from informant Mario Ha'mmond,who allegedly heard it straight from knight's lips.
According to Ha'mmond, Knight cruelly gloated about B.I.G.'s demise."that fat B---- took it like a b---- ...he rolled over on his a--," Knight allegedly told Ha'mmond when both were in a state prison several months after the March 9, 1997 murder.
The snitch alleged Knight told him he "orchestrated the murder while incarcerated at the L.A. County Jail" using two trusted henchmen and a network of cell phones on the outside.
Ha'mmond said Knight told him Death Row security honchos "Big Sikes (Devon Sikes) and Reg (Reggie Wright Jr.) put the team together," according to Miller.
Knight could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Linking B.I.G's murder to Knight alone will not help the slain rapper's kin win their federal suit against the city of Los Angeles.
To prevail,they must also tie the murder to crooked LAPD cop David Mack,who was ousted from the force after he robbed a bank in Nov. 1997.
The family's case got a boost yesterday when miller testified that one of B.I.G's close pal, Damian Butler, saw Mack outside the music industry party B.I.G attended just before the slaying
Straight from the New york's daily news page 6