Elite boxing trainer Brian “Bomac” McIntyre has avoided the usual five-year minimum jail term for possessing a gun in the UK. Judge Nicholas Dean acknowledged that the case had “exceptional circumstances” and that the gun was brought into the country accidentally and sentenced BoMac to a 20 month jail term, suspended for two years. Among those testifying on BoMac’s behalf was undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford. BoMac is reportedly already headed back to Omaha, Nebraska.
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I suppose the Justice system in the U.K is similar to here in the good ol USA. A cash and carry system. I wonder how much bread he and Terrance Crawford had to shell out. Think about all the low income cats that don’t have bread; how they get “royally” screwed. If this was 20 years ago when he was broke, Bomac would have probably gotten life.
DMV, Blah, blah, blah. Maybe you need to obey the laws in a foreign country. I always laugh when someone says I accidentally packed a gun in my suitcase like that is part of his job or something.Almost like, hey how did that 8 ball get in my pants pocket! Really? And as sure as sh**, you always add nonsense. I’m glad he got a suspended sentence because he didn’t deserve to be in jail any longer, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t do wrong. What’s crazy is you talk about the USA like it’s some hell hole . Maybe your punk a** needs to leave and go find a country where you can try and talk like you do. Just see how far you get because in this country it allows you to spew your crap with no repercussions and you spew a lot of crap, in others you might not make it. Ok, little Al.
Always worry about Bomac. He’s an excellent trainer, I love his energy and it’d be great to have him around for a long time. I hope he begins to prioritize his own health and well-being at some point.
Well said. Hopefuly this is a wakeup call for him.
On point with the health comment Lucie.. When was the last time anyone saw a morbidly obese person over 65? Personally, I can’t recall. If he doesn’t take care of himself, he won’t even make it to 65. It would be a shame because he has so much to contribute to boxing. Based on Bud’s career, great trainer.
They are very, very rare indeed Peter. Obesity and long life do not mix!
Seems like a good man who made a mistake!! I’m sure he’ll be better for it!!
Sounds like a payoff. Judge Nicholas Dean’s pockets are a little fatter. How does one “accidentally” bring a gun into another country? As for BoMac, it would be wise to hire security or at least learn the laws of the country.
I wonder if the jail diet helped him out
It was clearly stated he was traveling in the US and was in camp when he got the call for the UK and didn’t go back home with his luggage, have to give him the benefit of the doubt. There’s nobody more deserving to catch a break than a man like BoMac who dedicates his time and money to help out kids and his community.
So big ups to him and his team, the judge did the right thing foe a good man.
Having been convicted here in the U.S. for the same thing, 3 motions later my conviction was retroactively rescinded by a Judge who applied the law with the proper discretion. In order for a forbidden act to rise to the level of a crime, it must be accompanied by a “Mens Rea” (Guilty mind, Criminal intent). The UK is similar in the way the law is structured. I had to file those motions because the court would not give me another attorney on appeal. Bo Mac will be better for it as was I and he is much too valuable to his community to have an infraction stain him for life.
Unfortunately, society says, “Black man + Gun = Criminal.” Like anyone else Bo Mac was held in UK custody for almost a month even though he was in the UK on boxing business. Judges are Judges for a reason. Letters of support along with these mitigating, & extenuating circumstances, the judge understood. People should think and not judge.
What an idiotic comment black man with a gun equals criminal. It was a man with a gun that brought it illegally on a plane and attempted to board that plane with it in his luggage. It’s a crime no matter what color you are. You fkin people are brainwashed. Crime is a crime whether you are purple or whatever. He was released that was the right call, they didn’t have to he was in a foreign country. He still committed a crime. Wow.
This guy maybe a good trainer, but he is a stupid idiot to travel to the Uk with a pistol. They should have put him away for a long time.
You get a longer sentence for carrying a gun than you do for stabbing someone on that backwards Island.
‘What you could have done’ crimes are so much worse than ‘what you did’ crimes, right?