Ex-World Champion boxer Scott Harrison guilty of failing to give a breath test
He was banned from driving for 15 months and fined £490
Last updated 31st Mar 2023
Former World Boxing Champion Scott Harrison has been found guilty of failing to provide a breath test after crashing his car into a kerb.
The 45-year-old was caught with a partially empty bottle of Buckfast in the passenger seat when police stopped him near his home in Cambuslang in January last year.
Harrison then claimed he wasn't driving the Hyundai i30.
A trial heard officers had to smash a window to force open the vehicle to get the ex-fighter out.
Harrison was found guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court on two charges of failing to provide a breath test.
In sentencing the ex-WBO Featherweight belt holder, Sheriff Matthew Jackson KC said: "I found both police officers who gave evidence credible and reliable.
"They were competent in carrying out the road side procedure as well as the intoximeter procedure.
"Mr Harrison did understand what was needed of him and I find him guilty.
"I found him reluctant to engage in the process."
Harrison was also disqualified from driving for 15 months and fined £490.