‘The Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric, the owner of Sheffield Wednesday, have been cleared of evading tax on payments totalling £189,000 that were made by Mandaric into Redknapp's offshore bank account while the two men were at Portsmouth football club.
‘Redknapp told reporters outside court he had been through a five-year-long "nightmare", adding that the case "should never have come to court". Both Redknapp, who served as manager of Portsmouth, and Mandaric, the club's former owner, had denied the charges during the three-week trial at Southwark crown court, arguing that the money was given as a gesture of friendship and had nothing to do with Redknapp's job.
‘Mandaric and Redknapp embraced in the dock as the verdicts were read out after five hours of deliberations.’
‘The Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric, the owner of Sheffield Wednesday, have been cleared of evading tax on payments totalling £189,000 that were made by Mandaric into Redknapp's offshore bank account while the two men were at Portsmouth football club.
‘Redknapp told reporters outside court he had been through a five-year-long "nightmare", adding that the case "should never have come to court". Both Redknapp, who served as manager of Portsmouth, and Mandaric, the club's former owner, had denied the charges during the three-week trial at Southwark crown court, arguing that the money was given as a gesture of friendship and had nothing to do with Redknapp's job.
‘Mandaric and Redknapp embraced in the dock as the verdicts were read out after five hours of deliberations.’
