Welsh boxing legend Joe Calzaghe has received a fine for dropping a cigarette. The former world champion from Blackwood, who retired after an unbeaten career, landed in court after illegally disposing of the cigarette in an area of Bristol known for its zero-tolerance policy on littering.
Calzaghe did not attend the hearing on May 9 at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court, where he was found guilty of breaching the Environmental Protection Act. The court heard he was outside Japanese restaurant Itsu in the Broadmead shopping area on November 10 last year when he left a cigarette on the ground.
The 50-year-old, of Manor Gardens in Maesruddud, was handed a £220 fine, £150 in prosecution costs and a £34 victim services surcharge. He was given four weeks to pay.
