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Magee convicted of Belfast assault

Eamonn Magee - 'Unjustified' assault
Eamonn Magee - 'Unjustified' assault

Former world boxing champion Eamonn Magee has been convicted of head-butting a man at a GAA social club in north Belfast last August.

Victim Kevin McLaughlin told Belfast Magistrates' Court he was attacked after asking Magee to leave the Ardoyne Kickhams club.

A judge ruled that 38-year-old Magee had carried out an 'unjustified' assault.

The ex-WBU welterweight title holder, from Eskdale Gardens in Ardoyne, will be sentenced next month.