Rejected petition Stop the knighthood of Geoffrey Boycott

Boycott was tried and found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend in the late 90s in France and was handed a 3 month suspended sentence and fined.

Now he has been awarded a knighthood for services to sport.

This has to be revoked.

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Also Boycott has gone in to say he doesn't give a toss about what people think of his conviction https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49639222

Please sign the petition to prevent a convicted domestic abuser from awarded a knighthood.

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Date submitted 10 September 2019
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