BBC.co.uk
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has been charged with two counts of
tax evasion. Mr Redknapp, 62, attended Bishopsgate police station to be
charged with a £40,000 tax evasion. The charges relate to two payments
totalling US $295,000 allegedly made from former Portsmouth chairman Milan
Mandaric to Mr Redknapp. Mr Redknapp will appear at the City of Westminster
Magistrates' Court on 11 February. A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
spokesman said: "The CPS Revenue and Customs Division decided there was
sufficient evidence and it was in the public interest to charge Mr Redknapp.
'Full co-operation'
"He is jointly charged with Milan Mandaric, the former chairman of
Portsmouth Football Club, following an investigation by the City of London
Police and HM Revenue and Customs." Ian Burton, his solicitor, said: "Harry
has co-operated fully with investigators during the course of this inquiry
and is confident of a successful outcome to these court proceedings." The
charges relate to Mr Redknapp's time as Portsmouth manager. It is alleged he
evaded tax and national insurance contributions due between 1 April 2002 and
28 November 2007.
Mr Redknapp was originally arrested in November 2007 by investigators
looking at deals between Portsmouth and Birmingham City. At the time he
accused the police of targeting him simply because he was high profile. He
left the club in 2008 to join his current employer. Mr Mandaric, 71,
currently chairman of Leicester City, is to appear in court on 11 February
charged with tax evasion.
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