SCOTS fight legend Peter Harrison admits he is losing faith in his homeland as he struggles to land a telling blow in the toughest contest of his career – trying to bring former world champion son Scott back from prison in Madrid.

The hugely successful 66-year-old trainer remains angry over the events of last July which saw ex-WBO featherweight kingpin Scott extradited to Madrid to serve a four-year sentence for assault over an incident in a bar that dates back to 2007.

He insists there are major flaws in the case, which went to trial and resulted in a conviction in 2012, and feels let down by the fact a request for leave to appeal against being returned to Spain was thrown out in court in Edinburgh.

Scott has four children in Scotland and his father believes he should, at the very least, be allowed to complete his time behind bars in a prison in which they can visit him.

“I don’t feel proud to be Scottish right now,” said Peter. “I feel it has let down my family.

“It was OK when Scott was world champion and bringing top-class Mexicans over here to fight. No-one is trying to help him and they should be.

“He has four kids. How can they go to Spain all the time to see their father?

“The very least I would like to see is an effort made to bring him back here to complete his sentence.”

Harrison runs the Scott Harrison School of Boxing from his gym in Dalmarnock and continues to train a number of professional fighters including Commonwealth Games gold medallist Charlie Flynn and former British champion Willie Limond.

“I am at the boxing five days a week and I suppose it has kept me focused,” he said. “When you go to a show, for example, everyone wants to know how Scott is doing. It is tough when you think of him being locked up over there and you know he has been hard done-to.

“I am not just saying that because I am his dad. There were things wrong with that case. I think a lot of it was to do with him being high-profile, a boxer. The minute a boxer raises his hands, it is looked upon as using a dangerous weapon.”

Scott’s last defence of his WBO crown came against Nedal Hussein, a win by unanimous decision, in November 2005.

He was stripped of his title in 2006 after failing to appear for a weigh-in. There have been sentences served in Barlinnie Prison and in Malaga for assault and drink driving. By his own admission, there have been issues with alcohol.

When that extradition request from the Spanish authorities came last year, though, Harrison was weeks from a comeback.

Peter cannot help but reflect on how so many damaging events could have been avoided and often finds himself returning to an evening across the Atlantic in April 2000 when his son, still establishing his reputation, earned a unanimous 10-round decision over former two-weight world champion Tracy Patterson.

“Scott fought in Madison Square Garden and someone asked me afterwards why he didn’t stay in New York,” he said. “My response was that, looking back, it would probably have been a good idea.

“I think the trouble all started from the fact that Scott never thought he was any different from anyone else.

“He was in Glasgow when he really shouldn’t have been. I didn’t think that at the time, but it is one thing I would change if we could go back in time. We have relations in America as well.

“I read Sean Connery’s book a while back and he said he didn’t stay in this country because people do try to put you down here.”

Peter also believes Scott, now 38, may still be able to continue his career upon his release.

“I really believe the story has yet to be finished,” he said.