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Another hearing scheduled Rape victims fighting to keep Tyson out of Britain
Posted: Tuesday May 30, 2000 09:27 PM
LONDON (AP) -- A group that assists rape victims won the right to a hearing in its bid to stop Mike Tyson's bout in Scotland on June 24. The Rape Crisis Center of Glasgow will take its case before the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Friday, the Home Office said Tuesday. Tyson was granted permission to enter Britain despite his rape conviction to fight Lou Savarese in Glasgow's Hampden Park soccer stadium. Home Secretary Jack Straw, whose office is in charge of immigration, previously permitted Tyson to fight Julius Francis in Manchester in January. On Monday, when the appeal was granted, the Rape Crisis Center argued that Straw erred in granting Tyson permission to enter without first hearing from opponents. The group said Straw had met privately with supporters of Tyson. Because of the controversy surrounding the Manchester fight, the Rape Crisis Center said it was unreasonable to decide so quickly on the second fight. British law bars entry to anyone who has served a jail sentence of a year or more. But Straw cited "exceptional circumstances" in the allowing Tyson to enter for the January fight. Tyson served three years for a rape conviction. Straw said Tyson didn't misbehave on his previous visit, and his fights offered strong commercial benefits. He said banning him would harm Britain's reputation for staging major sports events.
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