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| Boxer Harrison jailed for assault | Boxer Harrison jailed for assault |
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| Former world boxing champion Scott Harrison has been jailed for two months for assaulting his girlfriend. | Former world boxing champion Scott Harrison has been jailed for two months for assaulting his girlfriend. |
| Harrison, 31, admitted the attack on Stacy Gardner and a police officer at his Cambuslang home after learning that his uncle had committed suicide in May. | Harrison, 31, admitted the attack on Stacy Gardner and a police officer at his Cambuslang home after learning that his uncle had committed suicide in May. |
| He was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court after pleading guilty at a hearing in June. | He was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court after pleading guilty at a hearing in June. |
| The boxer was already in custody and awaiting sentence after admitting a drink driving charge on Monday. | The boxer was already in custody and awaiting sentence after admitting a drink driving charge on Monday. |
| Harrison was arrested on Friday after a member of the public spotted him driving erratically in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. | |
| Officers stopped him and found he was almost four times over the legal limit. | |
| He also faced a second charge over breaking a curfew, imposed as a bail condition of an earlier case. | |
| When sentencing Harrison for the assault charge Sheriff Celia Sanderson said: "In the circumstances the only sentence I can impose is a custodial one." | When sentencing Harrison for the assault charge Sheriff Celia Sanderson said: "In the circumstances the only sentence I can impose is a custodial one." |
| An earlier hearing was told how the boxer had been drinking heavily after learning that his uncle Jack McGill, 52, had committed suicide. | An earlier hearing was told how the boxer had been drinking heavily after learning that his uncle Jack McGill, 52, had committed suicide. |
| When he returned home a row broke out with Ms Gardner and police were called. | When he returned home a row broke out with Ms Gardner and police were called. |
| Defence lawyer Philip McWilliams said that Harrison "deeply regrets" what happened that day. | Defence lawyer Philip McWilliams said that Harrison "deeply regrets" what happened that day. |
| Mr McWilliams also urged the sheriff to defer sentence on Harrison for the drink-driving related offences until he had completed his jail term. | |
| He told the court his client now had "something positive in his life" as he was living with his girlfriend, who was expecting a baby. | |
| Harrison was due to be sentenced later. |