Arry not guilty!!

[johnboywalton]

Not surprised at the verdict, was he ever going to be found guilty??

 

[Snelly]

I am surprised. I didn't think that simply stating that you are as thick as a plank would be accepted as a successful defence.

How wrong I was...

I gather Mandaric got off too but Rosie the dog was humanely destroyed by HMRC.


:rofl:

 

[USER1999]

Unbeflippinglievable. The jammy tax dodging git has got away with it. That has wrecked my day.

 

[Shaunmg]

No way! I’m flabbergasted. He opened a bank account in an offshore tax haven, in his dogs name and he’s not guilty. What a joke!

Well he got the best British justice money can buy. Some poor sod misclaiming a few bob benefit to pay the rent wouldn’t have spent 5 minutes on trial before being tossed into jail.

True what they say; one law for the rich and one for the rest of us

 

[bladeplayer]

Well he got the best British justice money can buy. Some poor sod misclaiming a few bob benefit to pay the rent wouldn’t have spent 5 minutes on trial before being tossed into jail.[/FONT]

True what they say; one law for the rich and one for the rest of us

How very true .. not just british mate, same everywhere .. people who cant pay mortgages etc been thrown out of their houses but the ones that caused it walk away .. Itl never be fair to the ordinary man or woman ..

 

[jammag]

It seems dodgy but £190k or what ever it was to them is pocket change would they really try and tax evade what is probably a weeks wages to them? Seems a petty amount to try and save on for them. Anyway proven innocent not really much more that can be said, they have both cleared there name and Harry will now take charge of England around about June time when Capello goes.

 

[chrisd]

Isn't it nice just once in a while though, that the HMRC gets egg on it's face?

I write out more cheques to them in my business than to anyone else it seems


Chris

 

[Mungoscorner]

No way! I’m flabbergasted. He opened a bank account in an offshore tax haven, in his dogs name and he’s not guilty. What a joke!

Well he got the best British justice money can buy. Some poor sod misclaiming a few bob benefit to pay the rent wouldn’t have spent 5 minutes on trial before being tossed into jail.

True what they say; one law for the rich and one for the rest of us

Absolutely spot on.
TV ads and TV programmes dedicated to stopping benefit fraud,yet tax evasion is seen as acceptable.Absolutely disgusting that a single mother can be jailed/prosecuted for doing a few hours work cash in hand in order to try and make ends meet,yet the super rich swindle the treasury out of millions,and answer to nobody except there accountants.

 

[Dodger]

Correct decision.

He's a dodgy old *** but it is the correct decision.

 

[Naybrains]

Quote from my post on 23rd January ..
"

Not guilty.
He's an honest good geeza."

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Top guy, my conections at Spurs were bang on. Just gutted he may become England Manager.​

 

[SyR]

I'd love to hear why they have found them not guilty.

 

[richart]

No surprise to me the decision.

 

[Gazp]

If he's not guilty, why open a bank account in your dogs name. Also, in this country, to open a bank account you have to provide ID. What did harry provide....a dog licence !!

 

[richart]

If he's not guilty, why open a bank account in your dogs name. Also, in this country, to open a bank account you have to provide ID. What did harry provide....a dog licence !!

Isn't there a pet passport scheme ? Just need a driving license for the dog, or perhaps a utility bill in it's name.

 

[CallawayKid]

Problem is you've only read what the press want you to read and they're not going to report un-sensational stories. As has been said it is a paltry amount of money to these guys so it would be silly to rile the taxman.

Unfortunately now he has to be squeaky clean as they'll try and get him somehow now.

CK

 

[USER1999]

Thing is, they would not have brought a prosecution, without a reasonable chance of a conviction. If there had been no case to answer, he wouldn't have been there.

This sort of case is exactly why trial by jury can be a lottery, and why if you are a criminal, it's a great idea.

 

[bluewolf]

Im less bothered by this than I am by the 6 BILLION quid that Vodafone dodged just by taking the head of the Tax System out for lunch a few times... Just think how many jobs 6 Billion could bankroll....

 

[jammag]

The jury had to decide whether the payments were made into the offshore bank account as potential investment hence this would be tax free or whether it was a bonus from portsmouth fc which should of been taxable. They decided it was for investment so they got away with it. 12 people on that jury, unanimous decision within 24 hours I think must mean the evidence was clear to them. Even the journo who gave the story to the world with his investigating stated I hope Harry is clear so it proves he didnt even have much faith in the story.

 

[Foxholer]

Thing is, they would not have brought a prosecution, without a reasonable chance of a conviction. If there had been no case to answer, he wouldn't have been there.

H'mm. Not sure that's the way they work.

They normally say 'This is what you've done and this is what it's going to cost you.' and expect victim to roll over. Normally, that works as accused normally hasn't got the resources of HMRC but when someone says 'No you are wrong' then they can get themselves in quite a mess. Their performance in court doesn't seem up to scratch either.

They have probably succeeded in getting a lot more Football (and other) folk frightened though, so maybe the huge cost has been worthwile. Does that qualify as a PR success?

 

[arnieboy]

Yep, I also said he was innocent! Now please let him get on with winning the Premiership and telling the FA what to do with the England job!