Boxing champion Kenny Anderson in court on attempted murder charge

Published on Tuesday 30 June 2009 09:43

BOXING champion Kenny Anderson has made a second appearance in court charged with attempting to murder a man with a hammer.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anderson, 26, is alleged to have struck David Togher with the weapon in Hay Drive, Edinburgh on June 23.

The professional super-middleweight is understood to have been training in Los Angeles when detectives visited his wife Lisa at their home in Paisley Drive, Willowbrae, to speak to Mr Anderson in connection with a hammer attack in Hay Drive, Craigmillar at around 8:20pm last Tuesday.

Another man, Dean Scott, 26, from Edinburgh, also appeared from custody at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today charged with the same offence.

It is alleged the pair, while acting together, repeatedly punched and struck Mr Togher with a hammer on the head, severely injuring him, and attempted to murder him.

They appeared separately, in private and on petition, before Sheriff Alastair Noble, and made no plea.

Both were remanded in custody after being refused bail and are planning to appeal for their freedom at the High Court later this week, said their solicitors.

The case has been continued for further examination.

Anderson is the reigning Commonwealth Games light-heavyweight champion after winning gold at the games in Melbourne in 2006.