‘Harry Redknapp, the Tottenham Hotspur manager, opened a Monaco bank account named after his bulldog Rosie in order to conceal a £189,000 “bung” from his former club chairman, a court has heard.
‘On the opening day of his trial on two charges of tax evasion, the jury at Southwark Crown Court was told that illicit payments were concealed in a bank account under the code name “Rosie 47” … The court heard that Mr Redknapp received the money from his co-defendant, Milan Mandaric, the former chairman and owner of Portsmouth Football Club, in lieu of commission payments on the transfer of players, including Peter Crouch, the England forward.
‘Mr Redknapp, who lives in the Sandbanks suburb of Poole, Dorset, is alleged to have flown to Monaco in April 2002 to open the account at a branch of HSBC Private Bank, specifically to conceal the payments from the tax authorities. The allegations arise from his first spell as Portsmouth manager between 2002 and 2004.
‘Both he and Mr Mandaric deny the charges … The case continues.’
‘Harry Redknapp, the Tottenham Hotspur manager, opened a Monaco bank account named after his bulldog Rosie in order to conceal a £189,000 “bung” from his former club chairman, a court has heard.
‘On the opening day of his trial on two charges of tax evasion, the jury at Southwark Crown Court was told that illicit payments were concealed in a bank account under the code name “Rosie 47” … The court heard that Mr Redknapp received the money from his co-defendant, Milan Mandaric, the former chairman and owner of Portsmouth Football Club, in lieu of commission payments on the transfer of players, including Peter Crouch, the England forward.
‘Mr Redknapp, who lives in the Sandbanks suburb of Poole, Dorset, is alleged to have flown to Monaco in April 2002 to open the account at a branch of HSBC Private Bank, specifically to conceal the payments from the tax authorities. The allegations arise from his first spell as Portsmouth manager between 2002 and 2004.
‘Both he and Mr Mandaric deny the charges … The case continues.’
