A SCOTS champion boxer who carried out a hit and run on a man was jailed for 32 months.

We previously reported that Lee Nightingale, 27, ran over Dean Watt in Glasgow's Dennistoun on September 28 2023.

The pair had earlier gotten into an argument which Mr Watt turned violent by punching Nightingale.

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He later entered a car and drove into Mr Watt as he walked away from the bar.

The stricken victim suffered whiplash and required 10 stitches to an open wound.

The offence took place more than five years after Nightingale was ordered to pay a serviceman £5,000 after a brutal bottle attack in a nightclub which left Calum Law's ear hanging off.

Nightingale left Mr Law, who is in the Royal Navy, so disfigured it took 27 stitches to reattach his organ.

He also attacked Mr Law's then teenage girlfriend Emma McDade by grabbing her on the hair and punching her.

Nightingale was crowned Western District Champion in 2010 and won Bronze at the British Championships in 2010 and 2011.

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Nightingale pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to assaulting Mr Watt to his injury and danger of life.

The court heard that both parties were at the Alexandra Bar on Duke Street.

Around 11pm, Mr Watt went into a separate area of the bar where Nightingale and his brother William Nightingale were situated.

Prosecutor Abbas Ali stated that a "verbal altercation" took place between Lee Nightingale and Mr Watt.

The fiscal depute added: "Mr Watt then punched Nightingale."

Mr Watt was then ushered out of the bar and he left with another man.

A witness noticed the men walking away while Nightingale and his brother entered a car which faced the opposite direction.

Mr Ali said: "The vehicle performed a u turn and accelerated towards the men.

"He was driving at speed and veered towards the men.

"Mr Watt was walking slightly on the road with his foot on the road while the other was on the pavement.

"The impact of the vehicle took Mr Watt off of his feet, connected with the windscreen and landed right under a parked van."

Police later found the damaged car in the city's Dalmarnock with its registration plates removed.

Mr Watt was taken to hospital meantime for treatment to his injuries but later discharged himself.

Mr Ali said: "He received whiplash medication and 10 stitches to an open wound."

Nightingale's lawyer told the sentencing that there was a "rush of blood to his head" which led to the attack.

The boxer, of the city's Croftfoot, also stated to a social worker in his background report that it was "the stupidest thing I have ever done."