Breaking: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi sentenced to 21-months in prison.
Breaking: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi sentenced to 21-months in prison.
Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21-months in
prison after involving in tax fraud - His father Jorge Messi was also sentenced
to prison on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - But it is unlikely for the Barcelona
star to face any time in jail Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has been
sentenced to 21-months in jail after £3.5m tax avoidance over three years , but
the Argentinian is unlikely to step into the prison doors. It was learnt on
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 that the forward has been found guilty of breaching
three tax offences, which total around £3.5 million in the years 2007, 2008 and
2009. However, as Spanish law denotes that a sentence under two years can be
served as probation, Messi is unlikely to spend any time in jail.
Breaking: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi
sentenced to 21-months in prison Messi was not only involved as his father
Jorge was also given a 21-month sentence, but it has been reduced to 15. Jorge
Messi was originally ordered to pay a fine of £1.3 million, but that has been
reduced to £1.1 million by the law court. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi's team-mates,
Neymar and Javier Mascherano have also been accused of tax fraud with the
former ordered to stand trial.