The Original Special One wrote:BobKowalski wrote:In fairness I would have found them not guilty as well. All HMRC had was one dormant account with no activity and for a relatively poxy amount. They had no paper trail demonstrating systematic intent to defraud the taxman over a period of time. The evidence they had hinged on a taped phone conversation with Beasley/NOTW which Redknapp freely admitted was a pack of lies to get rid of them. Relying on a taped conversation with the NOTW as the main piece of evidence of Redknapp's intent to evade tax was never likely to win a case when you had bugger all else to back it up.
Personally I think the case was a joke and a waste of tax payers money (oh the irony).
But why set up the account in the first place?
And travel to Monaco to do so?
And how come the money was 'paid back' only after questions were being asked about it?
And how much of a coincidence was it that the amount in question just happens to be quite similar to the 5% that Harry lost from the Crouch transfer?
He's obviously guilty, but resting on NOTW after their recent public image catastrophe (no matter how right the interview was) was a stupid move. Still, Harry has been shown to be quite the illiterate scumbag who could care less about Portsmouth's fortunes right before they went into administration. If I was a Pompy fan, Harry would be close to public enemy #1