Former champion middleweight boxer Joe Selkirk appeared in court charged with assaulting a police officer.
Selkirk, 30, of Timon Avenue in Bootle , pleaded not guilty to the charge and also to an additional charge of being drunk and disorderly at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today.
The former WBO European Champion allegedly assaulted PC Hoang Yung near the Hilton Hotel on Strand Street, Liverpool city centre , on December 23 last year.
Joe Selkirk
He appeared in court alongside another man, 27-year-old Paul Doris, who is charged with assaulting a PC Bellfield during the same incident.
Doris, of Margaret Road, Walton , also pleaded not guilty.
Joe Selkirk (left) and Paul Doris (right)
Selkirk was forced to vacate his title and spend 16 months out of the ring after sustaining a hand injury in 2013.
He made a triumphant return in May last year with a sixth round stoppage of Yuri Pompillo, before notching up a first round win over Zoltan Turai on December 19.
Selkirk and Noris are due to stand trial before city magistrates on April 26.
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Source: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/