Borg takes the money and buries himself...
Posted: 13 Aug 2004, 13:49
A former Welsh amateur boxing champion has been jailed for seven years for cocaine dealing. The judge at Cardiff Crown Court told Francisco Borg, 24, he had "disgraced" his sport.
Last year, Borg was paid £40,000 by police after he was wrongfully arrested when attacked by a racist gang. Clearly, the money was not wisely invested. The middleweight was found guilty by a jury of possessing nearly £20,000 of crack cocaine with intent to supply.
The court heard Borg had hidden the drugs worth up to £19,600 in his uncle's flat.
Judge Neil Bidder QC said Borg had set himself up as a small-scale drug wholesaler and was in it "for the profit".
He continued: "You have been a most successful boxer, and have boxed for your country and Great Britain but now you have disgraced the sport."
South Wales Police paid Borg £40,000 compensation after he successfully sued for false imprisonment. Officers had used CS gas on Borg and a friend who were the victims of a racist attack by a gang of white youths in Cardiff. The force's chief constable also issued an apology to the boxer, saying "the standards expected of my officers were not met in the handling of this incident".
Three white men were convicted of the 1997 attack on Borg and his friend.
Last year, Borg was paid £40,000 by police after he was wrongfully arrested when attacked by a racist gang. Clearly, the money was not wisely invested. The middleweight was found guilty by a jury of possessing nearly £20,000 of crack cocaine with intent to supply.
The court heard Borg had hidden the drugs worth up to £19,600 in his uncle's flat.
Judge Neil Bidder QC said Borg had set himself up as a small-scale drug wholesaler and was in it "for the profit".
He continued: "You have been a most successful boxer, and have boxed for your country and Great Britain but now you have disgraced the sport."
South Wales Police paid Borg £40,000 compensation after he successfully sued for false imprisonment. Officers had used CS gas on Borg and a friend who were the victims of a racist attack by a gang of white youths in Cardiff. The force's chief constable also issued an apology to the boxer, saying "the standards expected of my officers were not met in the handling of this incident".
Three white men were convicted of the 1997 attack on Borg and his friend.
