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Boxer Harrison jailed for assault Harrison jailed for eight months
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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 a total of eight months for drink-driving and 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 was sentenced to six months after he admitted driving while being four times the legal alcohol limit.
He was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court after pleading guilty at a hearing in June. The 31-year-old had earlier received a two-month term at Glasgow Sheriff court for attacking Stacy Gardner and a police officer in May.
The boxer was already in custody and awaiting sentence after admitting a drink driving charge on Monday. He pleaded guilty to the attack at his Cambuslang home at a hearing in June.
Harrison was arrested on Friday after a member of the public spotted him driving erratically in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.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. Sentencing him for drink-driving, Sheriff Lindsay Wood, said: "You were totally devoid of responsibility."
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 she had no choice other to give Harrison a two month term.
When sentencing Harrison for the assault charge Sheriff Celia Sanderson said: "In the circumstances the only sentence I can impose is a custodial one." She 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. The court was told how the boxer had been drinking heavily after learning that his uncle Jack McGill, 52, had committed suicide in May.
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 had also appealed for the Sheriff to defer sentencing on the drink-driving charge until Harrison had completed his sentence, explaining his client had "something positive in his life" as his girlfriend was expecting a baby.
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.