Former boxer Scott Harrison faces extradition to Spain after appeal judges rejected his latest legal bid.
The 37-year-old slugger was handed a four year sentence for assault by a court in Malaga in 2012 and a Scottish sheriff agreed to extradite him earlier this year.
But on Friday lawyers acting for Harrison went to the appeal court in Edinburgh to seek leave to appeal against the decision.
Advocate Stephen Govier argued that Sheriff Thomas Welsh QC shouldn't have ruled that Harrison should be extradited.
However, the three judges who heard Mr Govier returned an unanimous verdict. The Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Carloway, Lady Smith and Lady Clark of Calton rejected the application.
Harrison, of Cambuslang, Glasgow, was then handcuffed and led away from court by security officers.
Speaking afterwards, Harrison's father Peter, 66, said: "I'm a Scottish person. I've brought my family up Scottish. I was proud of my country but not proud of it now with what happened in Scotland today.
"It's hard to believe."
Earlier this year, Harrison's legal team argued at Edinburgh Sheriff Court that the Spanish authorities hadn't followed extradition law when they issued a European Arrest Warrant for him.
The warrant was issued after he was sentenced in Spain. The fighter had returned to Scotland before he could begin serving the jail sentence.
His lawyers urged Sheriff Welsh to allow Harrison to remain in Scotland.
However, the sheriff ruled that the fighter should be extradited.
On Friday, following the appeal court's decision, advocate depute David Dickson asked that Harrison's bail be revoked.
Harrison's advocate Stephen Govier asked that the father of four be allowed time to put his affairs in order.
But Lord Carloway said bail would be refused.
The senior judge also said that for leave to appeal to be granted it was necessary to identify a ground of appeal that was at least arguable.
Lawyers acting for Harrison maintained that legal requirements had not been complied with because of a number of deficiencies in the warrant.
They had also submitted that Harrison had not been convicted in his presence. Harrison was present and was legally represented at his trial.
But a judgement was issued later convicting him and sentencing him - by that time, he was no longer in Spain.
Speaking afterwards, Mr Harrison expressed concerns that his son had previously been assaulted in jail in Spain.
He said the British embassy went to see him and agreed with him that he had been assaulted.
Mr Harrison said: "I'm not asking for special treatment for my son. Scotland should not be sending a Scot to Spain."
He said that if his son had to serve a prison sentence then it should be in Scotland.
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