Boxer: I was quizzed by terror cops
BOXER Ohara Davies has accused Scots police of detaining him and assuming he was a terrorist.
The super-lightweight from London arrived at Glasgow Airport for a press conference on Tuesday, ahead of his fight with Scots star Josh Taylor.
But he was held and questioned by police at the airport.
Davies, 25, said: “I think they thought I was a terrorist.
“The police pulled me to the side, asked me questions about why I’m here, what’s my name, where I live – all that kind of stuff.
“After a while I did start to get annoyed but they’re just doing their job.”
The pair’s fight at Braehead Arena will be screened live on Channel 5, with the winner tipped to land a world title shot. THE opening day of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry yesterday was marked by tears and tinged with tragedy.
The proceedings – chaired by Lady Anne Smith – heard “unreserved” apologies from organisations who ran children’s homes around the country.
The Supreme Court judge began the hearing – due to last more than seven weeks – by paying tribute to abuse survivor Frank Docherty.
He died in April, aged 72, just weeks before the inquiry he campaigned for was due to begin.
Frank launched support group Incas – In Care Abuse Survivors – and was a key player in kick-starting the inquiry and helping abuse victims across Scotland.
Lady Smith said he had a “huge personality and was unwavering in his commitment” and was “deeply sorry we can’t hear from him during this inquiry for which he fought so hard”.
In his opening speech, Colin MacAulay, the inquiry’s lead counsel, read from Frank’s witness statement, which was prepared before his death.
He said “there always seemed to be a ‘bad one’ in these homes” and added that the “abuse of a child is like throwing a pebble in a pond – it ripples through the whole family”.
More than 60 institutions – including some of Scotland’s top private schools – will be investigated over allegations of abuse from “within living memory” to the moment the inquiry was announced in December 2014.
Its purpose is “to investigate the nature and extent of abuse of children whilst in care in Scotland” while also looking into “the extent to which institutions and bodies with legal responsibility for the care of children failed in their duty”.
It will also consider if “changes in practice, policy or legislation are necessary” to protect children in care from abuse in future.
Among those to give evidence are the Benedictines, the Good Shepherd Sisters and Church of Scotland/ CrossReach.
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