It's been reported....not sure what more they can say until the trial is over. Or at least at the end of today when the first day has passed. There may be reporting restrictions too with all the legalities involved.
Probably because most of the gutter press journalists are his buddies.
Let's assume innocent until proven guilty, though.
Not his biggest fan. Wouldn't like to see him ever managing England, but he deserves a fair trial.
Whatever people think of him, i don't envy him the stress that must come with his job, and that of standing trial. He turns 65 soon. Not a nice thing to have to do at any stage of life, i'd imagine - standing up in a court in an attempt to clear your name, but certainly not when you're approaching your pension.
Rednapp and former Portsmouth chairman Mandaric are both being charged with cheating HMRC, the latter is said to have made payments totalling £183,000 to Rednapp.
I have been following this on twitter, it seems that he has been transfering 300 grand from a monaco account to a british account then 275 grand from the same account to britain. If this is true then he is kinda screwed.
I have been following this on twitter, it seems that he has been transfering 300 grand from a monaco account to a british account then 275 grand from the same account to britain. If this is true then he is kinda screwed.
It's been confirmed that despite rumours to the contrary, Mr Redknapp will not be giving his evidence via video link from his car window at Spurs' training ground to a reporter from Sky Sports News....
I have been following this on twitter, it seems that he has been transfering 300 grand from a monaco account to a british account then 275 grand from the same account to britain. If this is true then he is kinda screwed.
Yeah, seems fairly clear cut to me, but then i'm not an expert on tax law and the few dealings i've had with it have completely bewildered me.
The guy's a multi-millionaire but wanted to avoid paying tax on a 'bonus' of under £300K. Why? Just seems greedy to me. And am I the only one to think it's dodgy that as Director of Football at Portsmouth he was on a 10% bonus (then 5% as manager) of net profit from transfers... conflict of interest or what!?
These are the main points put forward by the prosecution as of end of today :
Prosecutor John Black said: 'The two counts on the indictment relate to substantial money payments made by the defendant Mr Mandaric to a bank account set up by the second defendant Mr Redknapp, offshore in Monaco for the purpose of receiving these monies.'
Mr Black (prosecutor) said that in 2001 Redknapp was director of football at Pompey and entitled to 10 per cent of all net profits the club made on selling players.
When he became manager in March 2002 that changed to five per cent.
In July 2001 they signed Peter Crouch from QPR for £1,250,000.
He was soled to Aston Villa in March 2002 for £4,500,000.
One of the charges relates to money allegedly paid to Redknapp for this.
Under his new contract Redknapp was only entitled to five per cent of the profit - which worked out at £115,473.
He said that Mandaric made it up to Redknapp with an 'off record payment.'
Days after getting his five per cent, he said, Redknapp flew to Monaco and opened an account to receive the off record payment.
The Monaco account was opened in the name Rosie47.
Mr Black said: 'The account was not opened in the name of Harry Redknapp.
'The account name appears to have combined the name of Harry Redknapp's dog, Rosie, with the year of Harry Redknapp's birth, 1947
Mr Black said: 'There's no obvious reason why the account could not have been opened in the name of Harry Redknapp.'
He said both men had suggested the money in the account remained the property of Mandaric.
But he said there was documentation that made it clear the account was Redknapp's.
Mr Black said documents show the in June 2002 145,000 US dollars was paid into Redknapp's Monaco account.
And in April 2004 Mandaric transferred 150,000 US dollars in the Rosie47 account, which was the equivalent of about £100,000 at the time.
In a letter from January 2008 Redknapp closed the account in Monaco and transferred 207,000 US dollars to his HSBC account in London.
Mr Black said Redknapp and Mandaric had not mentioned the Monaco account during a civil investigation between January 2002 and October 2006 by the HMRC into an alleged payment from West Ham to Redknapp.
That investigation was looking into a £300,000 payment following the sale of Rio Ferdinand.
'The existence of the offshore account was not disclosed and the payments were not declared he said.
'The first mention of Mr Redknapp's offshore account from either defendant came in 2006, just days after the conclusion of the Revenue and Custom's civil investigation.'
Mr Black said the jury would have to consider whether there had been 'full and frank disclosure by Mr Redknapp and Mr Mandaric in relation to Mr Redknapp's Monaco account and the payments made into it.'
He added: 'It's significant, the crown suggest, that the bank account opened by Mr Redknapp in order to receive the monies from Mr Mandaric was located in an offshore tax haven.
'The crown suggest that this was quite deliberate and was intended to obscure the money trial.'
"I know the dog, sure. It's a t'riffic dog. It's not my dog, it's my wife's, and as you know, i don't like talking about other people's dogs. He's super, though, and if he ever became available for a walk i'd definitely be up for it...but as i say, it's my wife's dog, so i can't talk about it. I don't deal with that stuff anyway, that's the chairman's job. T'riffic".
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Let's assume innocent until proven guilty, though.
Not his biggest fan. Wouldn't like to see him ever managing England, but he deserves a fair trial.
Whatever people think of him, i don't envy him the stress that must come with his job, and that of standing trial. He turns 65 soon. Not a nice thing to have to do at any stage of life, i'd imagine - standing up in a court in an attempt to clear your name, but certainly not when you're approaching your pension.
If I remember rightly the Scouse comic beat HMRC over unpaid tax didn't he when they took him to court?
Mind you Ken's got a lot more going for him than Redknapp.
Because he has the red tops eating out of his hand and they want him as next England manager.
Yes, he deserves a fair trial but if he is found guilty, I would not fall off my chair in shock.
Could go to jail, probably not though.
Will be interesting to see what his defence is.
Yes it will.
He has got a high profile QC defending him. John Kelsey-Fry QC
Recent cases - Fraud/Crime:
•Successfully represented Steven Gerrard in the footballer's affray proceedings
•Prosecuted on behalf of the FSA in a high profile insider dealing trial resulting in conviction
•Represented a Saudi Prince charged with murdering his aide in a London hotel
Defamation:
•Paul McKenna v MGN (Daily Mirror) (representing the defendant)
•Wayne Rooney v NGN (representing the defendant)
•Sharon Osbourne v NGN (representing the claimant)
•Delaney v NGN and Jodie Marsh (representing the defendants)
•Kate Moss v Channel 5 (representing the defendant)
It's the first item on SSN, so hardly not being reported.
The media cant actually discuss it beforehand. Nothing underhand there.
Who needs evidence when we have twitter?
The report in question is from an official spokesperson from the BBC who is at the court.
https://twitter.com/#!/Pearcesport
Yeah, seems fairly clear cut to me, but then i'm not an expert on tax law and the few dealings i've had with it have completely bewildered me.
Reporter: So Harry, what are the showers like in prison?
Harry: Awwww triffic mate
I find it difficult to describe such utterances as reports. If there is evidence of such actions I prefer to hear proper details of them.
Rosie Redknapp will be brought in to testify
Rosie: "WOOF WOOF... WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!!"
Prosecutor John Black said: 'The two counts on the indictment relate to substantial money payments made by the defendant Mr Mandaric to a bank account set up by the second defendant Mr Redknapp, offshore in Monaco for the purpose of receiving these monies.'
Mr Black (prosecutor) said that in 2001 Redknapp was director of football at Pompey and entitled to 10 per cent of all net profits the club made on selling players.
When he became manager in March 2002 that changed to five per cent.
In July 2001 they signed Peter Crouch from QPR for £1,250,000.
He was soled to Aston Villa in March 2002 for £4,500,000.
One of the charges relates to money allegedly paid to Redknapp for this.
Under his new contract Redknapp was only entitled to five per cent of the profit - which worked out at £115,473.
He said that Mandaric made it up to Redknapp with an 'off record payment.'
Days after getting his five per cent, he said, Redknapp flew to Monaco and opened an account to receive the off record payment.
The Monaco account was opened in the name Rosie47.
Mr Black said: 'The account was not opened in the name of Harry Redknapp.
'The account name appears to have combined the name of Harry Redknapp's dog, Rosie, with the year of Harry Redknapp's birth, 1947
Mr Black said: 'There's no obvious reason why the account could not have been opened in the name of Harry Redknapp.'
He said both men had suggested the money in the account remained the property of Mandaric.
But he said there was documentation that made it clear the account was Redknapp's.
Mr Black said documents show the in June 2002 145,000 US dollars was paid into Redknapp's Monaco account.
And in April 2004 Mandaric transferred 150,000 US dollars in the Rosie47 account, which was the equivalent of about £100,000 at the time.
In a letter from January 2008 Redknapp closed the account in Monaco and transferred 207,000 US dollars to his HSBC account in London.
Mr Black said Redknapp and Mandaric had not mentioned the Monaco account during a civil investigation between January 2002 and October 2006 by the HMRC into an alleged payment from West Ham to Redknapp.
That investigation was looking into a £300,000 payment following the sale of Rio Ferdinand.
'The existence of the offshore account was not disclosed and the payments were not declared he said.
'The first mention of Mr Redknapp's offshore account from either defendant came in 2006, just days after the conclusion of the Revenue and Custom's civil investigation.'
Mr Black said the jury would have to consider whether there had been 'full and frank disclosure by Mr Redknapp and Mr Mandaric in relation to Mr Redknapp's Monaco account and the payments made into it.'
He added: 'It's significant, the crown suggest, that the bank account opened by Mr Redknapp in order to receive the monies from Mr Mandaric was located in an offshore tax haven.
'The crown suggest that this was quite deliberate and was intended to obscure the money trial.'