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Ilford Hammer 1:23 Wed Jul 6
Messi gets 21 months in prison

http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/06/barcelona-soccer-star-lionel-messi-and-father-condemned-to-21-months-in-prison-on-tax-charges/

gph 3:01 Wed Jul 6
Re: Messi gets 21 months in prison

More than five months per WHO thread.

One more thread should see him over the 2 year limit.

Keep dreaming 2:54 Wed Jul 6
Re: Messi gets 21 months in prison

Shandy, that's correct but goes only for those whom hasn't been convicted before.

Shandyboy 2:24 Wed Jul 6
Re: Messi gets 21 months in prison

They wont serve any time behind bars as the sentence is less than 2 years

Northern Sold 2:20 Wed Jul 6
Re: Messi gets 21 months in prison

Horrible cheating shit

subcutaneous 1:39 Wed Jul 6
Re: Messi gets 21 months in prison

It'll be overturned after an appeal.

jonthehammer 1:29 Wed Jul 6
Re: Messi gets 21 months in prison

Serves him right, greedy cunt

Stranded 1:26 Wed Jul 6
Re: Messi gets 21 months in prison

'Unlikely' to serve time, according to Reuters.

Barcelona soccer star Messi sentenced to 21 months in prison
By REUTERS

PUBLISHED: 11:48, 6 July 2016 | UPDATED: 11:48, 6 July 2016

MADRID, July 6 (Reuters) - Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after a court in Barcelona found him guilty of three counts of tax fraud, a statement from the court said on Wednesday.

The court also sentenced the Argentine soccer player's father, Jorge, to 21 months in prison for the same three crimes. The sentence can be appealed through the Spanish supreme court, the statement said.

However, under Spanish law a prison sentence under two years can be served under probation, meaning Messi and his father are unlikely to go to jail.

The court ordered Messi to pay a fine of around 2 million euros ($2.21 million) and his father to pay 1.5 million euros for the crimes. ($1 = 0.9034 euros) (Reporting by Madrid newsroom; Writing by Angus Berwick; Editing by Sonya Dowsett)