Mandaric's lawyers will ask for tax trial to be stopped

[davieG]

From the Merc

Charges of tax evasion that have hung over Milan Mandaric since the start of the year could be dismissed at a court hearing in London today.

Representatives of Mandaric – Leicester City owner and former Portsmouth chairman – were to appear alongside representatives of Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp and former Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie at Southwark Crown Court.

They were expected to ask for the cancellation of a trial due to take place in April.

The three were charged in January after a three-year police and Revenue and Customs investigation into the financial affairs of Portsmouth.

The charges followed a 26-month police and tax inquiry.

They related to two payments, totalling $295,000, alleged to have been made by Mandaric to Redknapp via a bank account in Monaco, evading tax and National Insurance contributions due between April 1, 2002 and November 28, 2007.

Redknapp's arrest was part of a wider inquiry, dubbed Operation Apprentice, into alleged football corruption. He was detained in November 2007 by investigators examining transfer deals at Portsmouth.

Mandaric was charged with tax evasion relating to the payment of $295,000 to another person via a Monaco bank account, evading tax and National Insurance.

In May 2008, Redknapp and his wife, Sandra, launched a court challenge against his arrest and the subsequent search of their home in Sandbanks, Poole.

They were awarded £1,000 damages against City of London police.

Redknapp was charged with two counts of cheating the public revenue of an estimated £40,000 after voluntarily attending London's Bishopsgate police station in January.

[Huuuuuume]

"Cancellation of a trial"... I hate it when the Merc is so lazy. It's called an Application to Dismiss when the defence team ask the Court to dismiss the charge because the Prosecution's evidence against the defendant would not be sufficient for a jury to properly convict. Lazy.

[Webbo]

"Cancellation of a trial"... I hate it when the Merc is so lazy. It's called an Application to Dismiss when the defence team ask the Court to dismiss the charge because the Prosecution's evidence against the defendant would not be sufficient for a jury to properly convict. Lazy.

Or maybe they've dumbed it down a bit for those of us who don't have a degree in the law.

[Jordan]

If John Gotti was the "Teflon Don," Milan Mandaric is the "Scotchgard Serb."

[demon_dog]

Well, does anyone know if MM still faces charges or were they dropped?

[Daggers]

Mandaric was found guilty of being a cvnt.

That is all.

[unreachable]

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/213785/Harry-Redknapp-to-face-court-on-tax-charges

The case against Redknapp, Mandaric and Storrie was adjourned yesterday until January 2011.