Boxer Harrison appears in court

The boxer is due to stand trial later this month

Former world boxing champion Scott Harrison has appeared in court on a number of charges including assaulting a man and a woman in a pub.

Mr Harrison, from Rutherglen, denied all of the charges against him when he appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

The offences are alleged to have taken place in Westwood Public House, in East Kilbride, and East Kilbride Road, in Rutherglen, on 13 July last year.

The sheriff said the 30-year-old should stand trial later this month.

The former WBO featherweight champion is accused of committing a breach of the peace in East Kilbride Road and assaulting William McCallum by punching him on the face.

Taxi fare

Later in the Westwood Public House he is alleged to have committed a breach of the peace by challenging staff to a fight and behaving in a threatening and menacing manner.

Mr Harrison is also accused, along with another man, of assaulting Brian O'Neill by brandishing a knife at him and threatening to stab him, and grabbing Catherine Polockus around the throat and pushing her against a fridge.

He faces a further charge of taking a taxi on 14 July last year and not paying the £9.40 fare.

Last month, the boxer vowed to regain his title and said he would return to the ring by January.