Boxer sentenced after pub arrest

Harrison, 30, was convicted of breach of the peace and resisting arrest at the Counting House pub in Glasgow.

The boxer ran from the bar and was caught by a police officer during the incident in April 2006.

Sheriff Lindsay Wood said Harrison and his two co-accused were the type who gave Glasgow a bad name.

Paul Hinde, 30, from Rutherglen, admitted breach of the peace in the pub and resisting arrest.

He was ordered to do 220 hours community service.

Christopher Lennon, 22, also from Rutherglen, pleaded guilty to breach of the peace in the pub and in West Nile Street on the way to the police station.

Lennon was ordered to do 200 hours community service.

'Professional reputation'

Sheriff Wood said: "You are the type of people citizens do not want to come across when they are out.

"You show no respect for others, you could not care less and only think of yourself.

"With drink in you, you are not wanted. You should all hang your heads in shame."

"I am told that you are trying to get your life back on track. Only there does salvation lie for you"
Sheriff Lindsay Wood

The court heard the men had complained about a spilled drink at the bar in St Vincent Place.

Police were called. Hinde and Harrison broke away from the officers but were later arrested.

Harrison was cleared of a charge of assaulting Pc Iain Gray at a Glasgow city centre police station.

Addressing Harrison, Sheriff Wood said: "You have done well as a professional sportsman but certain pressure got to you and you crumbled.

"You lost a title and close relationships and were made bankrupt.

"You had an excellent professional reputation, but you built another one - an unenviable one.

"I am told that you are trying to get your life back on track. Only there does salvation lie for you."

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