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Boxing champ on theft charge
From: By Joel Dullroy
December 30, 2005
BOXING legend Jeff Fenech will appear in court today charged with stealing three watches from a jewellery store on the Gold Coast.
Fenech, 41, was given a notice to appear in the Southport Magistrate's Court charged with stealing.
Police said the former world champion boxer was among a group of people in a Broadbeach jewellery store when three watches went missing.
Marrickville Mauler: Jeff Fenech in the spotlight
The watches were returned and Fenech was later interviewed over the theft.
A 58-year-old Sydney man will also appear in the court charged with the same offence.
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The alleged theft occurred in a jewellery store in the Oasis shopping centre which adjoins the five-star Sofitel Resort where Fenech was believed to be staying.
The former world champion boxer, who has earned millions through his sport, now runs a Sydney training gym.
He counts controversial American fighter Mike Tyson as a friend.
Fenech is one of a select band of international boxers to claim three world titles.
He retired in 1996 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame six years later.
Boxing champ on theft charge
From: By Joel Dullroy
December 30, 2005
BOXING legend Jeff Fenech will appear in court today charged with stealing three watches from a jewellery store on the Gold Coast.
Fenech, 41, was given a notice to appear in the Southport Magistrate's Court charged with stealing.
Police said the former world champion boxer was among a group of people in a Broadbeach jewellery store when three watches went missing.
Marrickville Mauler: Jeff Fenech in the spotlight
The watches were returned and Fenech was later interviewed over the theft.
A 58-year-old Sydney man will also appear in the court charged with the same offence.
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The alleged theft occurred in a jewellery store in the Oasis shopping centre which adjoins the five-star Sofitel Resort where Fenech was believed to be staying.
The former world champion boxer, who has earned millions through his sport, now runs a Sydney training gym.
He counts controversial American fighter Mike Tyson as a friend.
Fenech is one of a select band of international boxers to claim three world titles.
He retired in 1996 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame six years later.
