Booze and drug-fuelled boxing champ jailed after one punch knockout of man outside Preston pub
The court heard that trouble erupted after Fitzgerald walked into the bar of the Grand Junction in a drunken state. He had been drinking since the afternoon and had also used cannabis.
Barrister Paul Brookwell, prosecuting, showed the court clips of CCTV footage taken on the night. The clips showed him going into the pool room, stamping on the floor and then being told to leave by landlady Kirsty Allen. He is then seen being pushed out of the door by a group of drinkers.Outside he had a confrontation with another man, Barry Graham, who was knocked to the ground but elected not to make a complaint. Then a camera on the Wheatsheaf pub opposite saw Mr Francis fall to the floor.
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