Naseem Hamed jailed for dangerous driving

Former world boxing champion Naseem Hamed was jailed for 15 months today after he admitted dangerous driving following a horrific crash in his £300,000 (€440,600) sports car.

The sportsman wrecked his Mercedes McClaren near one of his Sheffield homes in May last year in a collision which left another man with fractures to “every major bone in his body”.

The former WBA world featherweight champion was jailed today by the Honorary Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Alan Goldsack QC, at the city’s Crown Court.

The 32-year-old, of Wyvern Gardens, Dore, Sheffield, was involved in the crash while overtaking on Ringinglow Road, on the edge of the Peak District, on May 2, 2005.

Hamed was also banned from driving for four years.