A BRIT bare-knuckle boxer is to be deported from the Philippines after he was detained as a suspected fugitive from the law.
Derek “Decca” Heggie, 40, posted a final farewell video to his followers online after cops uncovered details of his alleged criminal past.
Heggie, originally from Montrose in Angus, Scotland, was paraded on TV by Filipino authorities alongside a US criminal as it was announced he would be booted out of the country.
The fighter was also allowed to make a video for his YouTube followers as he was put behind bars.
A tearful Heggie said: “This is going to be my last video for a while.
“They’ve got me detained for three months in the detention centre.
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“I’m going to get out as soon as possible.”
Heggie has endured a turbulent life, having spoken of a ten-year battle with drug addiction and mental health issues.
The fighter-turned-actor tasted fame after featuring in the gangster film The Corrupted.
Performing alongside household names such as Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville and Scot David Hayman, Heggie played a crime boss’s right-hand man.
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But it is bare-knuckle fighting where the Scotsman made the majority of his money.
He became a British champion and earned thousands for his troubles, with the majority of events organised by the travelling community.
In 2021, he was left covered in blood alongside another fighter after the pair fought non-stop for over ten minutes in a boxing gym.
He recently announced that he planned to return to Scotland to open up a training HQ in Edinburgh.
But the Philippine Bureau of Immigration has now claimed that Heggie is a wanted fugitive in the UK.
However, no approach has been made by the British government, according to the Daily Record.
A UK-based source told the paper: “The material emerging from the Philippines does not tally with the detainee’s record in the UK.
“The Philippine Bureau of Immigration will regularly deport people they deem to be undesirable and Heggie possibly falls into this bracket.”
Heggie is temporarily detained at the bureau’s office in Mandaue City but will be transferred to the bureau’s warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City.
Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Heggie and the American criminal with him were being held at the same time because they are both being deported.
“They will be included in our immigration blacklist to prevent them from re-entering the country,” he added.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
