Ex-British Boxing Champ Sentenced for Fleeing Drug Charges Across Continents

[snoop1130]

Picture courtesy of The Daily Mail

 

Lennox Clarke, an ex-British boxing champion from Stourbridge, West Midlands, has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison after a multi-continent escape to evade drug charges. Clarke, famed for his success in the ring, was caught supplying narcotics to a known dealer, Ben Goff, in 2023.

 

After police apprehended Goff, Clarke dodged arrest, traversing through Wales and Ireland before flying to Thailand and Mexico. Despite a previous conviction in 2012 for supplying Class B drugs, Clarke returned to crime after retiring from boxing in 2022.

 

 

 

 

Detective Inspector Phillips stated that an investigation into drug activity in Cheltenham led police to Goff and subsequently to Clarke. After months of evasion, Clarke returned to the UK, where he was finally caught. His sentence accounts for 317 days already served under curfew.

 

Phillips expressed hope that the sentencing would reassure the community and encourage reporting of drug-related activities. Clarke’s case highlights the shadowy intersection of sports and crime, marking a fall from grace for a once-celebrated athlete, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-03-27

 

 

[bkk6060]

What a fall from grace.  Runs away like a coward.  Enjoy prison drug dealing loser.

[newbee2022]

Another GOOD news today. 

6 years for this loser is not enough.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Lennox Clarke, an ex-British boxing champion from Stourbridge, West Midlands, has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison after a multi-continent escape to evade drug charges. Clarke, famed for his success in the ring, was caught supplying narcotics to a known dealer, Ben Goff, in 2023.

From fame to flames...

[crazykopite]

Do the crime do the Time 

[JJ-Thailand]

Brain-dead!

[Thingamabob]

The war on drugs over the last 50 years plus has achieved precisely nothing. A total waste of police time and money worldwide.  Way better to decriminalise, regulate and tax.

[Thingamabob]

13 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

The war on drugs over the last 50 years plus has achieved precisely nothing. A total waste of police time and money worldwide.  Way better to decriminalise, regulate and tax.

Who, I wonder, is the idiot who apparently finds this funny ? Grow up.

[Toby1947]

More like Chump never mind Champ. 🤣

[Homburg]

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

The war on drugs over the last 50 years plus has achieved precisely nothing. A total waste of police time and money worldwide.  Way better to decriminalise, regulate and tax.

 

Police, lawyers and drug dealers worldwide are strongly against such a move.  They would be facing job/income losses.

 

[Kinok Farang]

3 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

Another GOOD news today. 

6 years for this loser is not enough.

Like a broken record.This lad was a British boxing champion,better that Mr Perfect.

[newbee2022]

4 minutes ago, Kinok Farang said:

Like a broken record.This lad was a British boxing champion,better that Mr Perfect.

A box champion? Oh yes, with a damaged brain, Mr. Nobody 

[Briggsy]

4 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

The war on drugs over the last 50 years plus has achieved precisely nothing. A total waste of police time and money worldwide.  Way better to decriminalise, regulate and tax.

This is, at the very least, worth exploring.

 

Many countries have experimented with decriminalisation. Their experiences can be used to learn from.

 

It is worth pointing out in this case, he is charged with supply not possession. So, it was a business decision.