Redknapp charged with tax evasion

Former Pompey boss accused of cheating public revenue

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Redknapp charged with tax evasion

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Former Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has been charged with two counts of cheating the public revenue.

Redknapp was at the helm of the Fratton Park outfit for two spells from March 2002 until November 2004 and then between December 2005 and October 2008.

The 62-year-old, who is now manager of Tottenham Hotspur, is accused of a £40,000 tax evasion.

The former Bournemouth and West Ham manager voluntarily attended Bishops gate police station in the capital to be charged by police, his solicitor said.

The move comes at the end of an exhaustive 26-month police and tax inquiry into alleged corruption in English football.

A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said: "Henry (Harry) Redknapp, the former football manager of Portsmouth Football Club, has today been charged with two counts of cheating the public revenue."

Co-operated

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 CPS statement added: "The CPS Revenue and Customs Division decided there was sufficient evidence and it was in the public interest to charge Mr Redknapp.

"He is jointly charged with Milan Mandaric, the former chairman of Portsmouth City Football Club, following an investigation by the City of London Police and HM Revenue & Customs."

The charges concern two payments, totalling 295,000 US dollars (£183,000), from Mandaric to Redknapp via a bank account in Monaco, evading the tax and national insurance contributions due between 1st April 1 2002 and 28th November 2007.

Redknapp will appear at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on 11th February.