Re: Official Redknapp Case Trial Thread

[la bestia negra]

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[Forza]

english education system

[donttreadonred]

I'm certainly no fan of Redknapp. There's something about him as a manager that just rubs me the wrong way. However, I find it utterly incomprehensible that someone who is regularly entrusted with millions of pounds in transfer fees, as well as the management of personnel who make considerable sums of money, could be incapable of writing a letter or even a team sheet. I know that professional footballers are, by the nature of the academy system, less likely to receive a great deal of higher education. Even so, this absolutely shocked me. Given Harry's testimony, you have to assume that he is only semi-literate, as someone who cannot even write a team sheet has very little chance of correctly interpreting complete sentences with any sort of fluidity and accuracy.

In this day and age, I find this to be unforgivable. Whether the system or Redknapp is truly at fault is immaterial. In one case, the system would have failed a player to the point that it would make it difficult for him to function in modern society. On the other hand, if Redknapp is so lazy as to not learn the basic skills of literacy and the written word (I'm not talking about rivaling Henry David Thoreau or Albert Camus, just basic 6th Grade reading and writing)... Well, in that case I suppose I blame the society that allows, and rewards, that sort of apathy toward a person's individual education. I have no diea which situation is true, nor do I have a means of finding out. To be honest, either eventuality horrifies me.

Please don't misunderstand, I don't mean to judge Redknapp. I'm certainly not a fan of his, but I'm not trying to unduly belittle or make fun of him. I certainly don't take this statement lightly. I am just flabbergasted by this testimony. If anything, I pity Redknapp and abhor this failure of the educational system.

[REWB]

english education system

its terrible trust me, the only people that get a properly effective education are the grammar students....

[REWB]

LMFAOOOOO!!!!!!

[la bestia negra]

english education system

its terrible trust me, the only people that get a properly effective education are the grammar students....

so your telling me that i wasted 7 years taking my a+o levels

[JAY-Z]

english education system

its terrible trust me, the only people that get a properly effective education are the grammar students....

so your telling me that i wasted 7 years taking my a+o levels

[BarcaLearning]

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp denied tax evasion by telling police ''I couldn't even fill a team sheet in'', a court heard on Thursday.

Harry Redknapp court
PA PhotosHarry Redknapp arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday morning

In tape recordings played at Southwark Crown Court, Redknapp said: ''I can't work a computer, I don't know what an email is, I can't, I have never sent a fax and I've never even sent a text message. I have a big problem, I can't write so I don't keep anything. I am the most disorganised person, I am ashamed to say, in the world.''

Redknapp told officers he had not seen his pay slip in years as he said: ''You talk to anybody at the football club. I don't write. I couldn't even fill a team sheet in.''

Under questioning over the Monaco account at the heart of the £189,000 bung allegation, the Tottenham manager added: ''I pay a fortune to my accountant to look after me you know. He writes all the cheques for me and my wife. He pays my bills. He runs my life basically.''

Redknapp told officers in June 2009 that the Sun, who he writes regular columns for, ''hadn't paid me for 18 months''.

He said: ''I've never wrote a letter in my life. I couldn't write a letter. I write like a two-year-old and I can't spell. Why am I gonna fiddle 20, 30 whatever thousand pounds of income tax when I walk away six months later from £200,000 that I was due?''

The tape was played out after jurors heard Redknapp made ''disastrous'' business decisions and lost £250,000 in a ''very unsuccessful'' takeover bid at Oxford United where he lost every penny according to HSBC executive Alan Hills.

Meanwhile, Redknapp had sole responsibility for the Monaco bank account at the centre of £189,000 bung allegations, said David Cusdin, vice-president of HSBC in Monaco between 2000 and 2005.

Cusdin also described co-defendant Milan Mandaric as ''a perfect gentleman''. Giving evidence via videolink, Cusdin said he was aware that Redknapp had flown to the principality to open an account.

''I was certainly aware of his visit - it was quite possible that I didn't open the account, it was one of my team - but I was certainly aware of the visit,'' Cusdin told the court. ''I don't have a recollection - but I could well have shaken his hand at the meeting.''

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Ommgggg that was so funny

[BarcaLearning]

Rofl @ the dog at the ATM

[Patrick Bateman]

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Father Ted

[REWB]

english education system

its terrible trust me, the only people that get a properly effective education are the grammar students....

so your telling me that i wasted 7 years taking my a+o levels

yup nah im joking of course you didnt, i wanted to put it into more appropriate words but my vocabulary failed me

[Lex]

There was laughter in court shortly before the lunch adjournment as Mr Kelsey-Fry said Redknapp's success in football was "much to the displeasure" of Mandaric's QC Lord Ken Macdonald.

Redknapp, looking over the rim of his glasses, said: "Well he's an Arsenal supporter isn't he."

More laughter as Redknapp talks about Rosie again. "I don't ever like calling her a dog. She was better than that"

The Tottenham Hotspur manager held his hands up and looked around at Detective Inspector Dave Manley midway through questioning.

Redknapp said: "Mr Manley, will you please stop staring at me. I know you are trying to cause me a problem, OK.

This guy

[lenear1030]

Rushin bloke....

:lol!:

[Seppuku]

bail (yes pleez, lol)

[la bestia negra]

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[milanfan7]

The lad gets something like what 5m pounds a year? Why the frack would he steal 200,000 pounds?

Stupid

[Lex]

Yeeeeah, who wouldn't want more money.....

[El Chelsea Fuerte]

The lad gets something like what 5m pounds a year? Why the frack would he steal 200,000 pounds?

Stupid

Can I have some of your money then? :lol!:

[CBarca]

Good 'ol 'Arry.

Sticking to the truth like a gentleman.

Harry Redknapp

[El Chelsea Fuerte]

Good 'ol 'Arry.

Sticking to the truth like a gentleman.

Harry Redknapp

[Lex]

I just love that his defence is, essentially, "i'm an imbecile"

[RED]

He's been cleared of all charges today.

[Doc]

Well, such is life these days...

[Dnmac4]

This is the most insane case I've seen in a long time.

London spent 8 Million Pounds on a case about a guy stealing 30,000 pounds.

I'm pretty sure the people in charge knew it would be a long / expensive drawn out process (if they didn't they should be flogged) and just wanted to get there names in the paper.

How on earth do you take this case to trial if your not 100% sure of a conviction especially with the facts listed above.

Some people need to get fired over wasting the tax payers money to get there face in the paper and there 15 minutes of fame.

Oh and BTW the "I'm an idiot" defense is pretty much the standard defense people take when getting investigated or on trial for tax purposes.

[Zealous]

This is the most insane case I've seen in a long time.

London spent 8 Million Pounds on a case about a guy stealing 30,000 pounds.

I'm pretty sure the people in charge knew it would be a long / expensive drawn out process (if they didn't they should be flogged) and just wanted to get there names in the paper.

How on earth do you take this case to trial if your not 100% sure of a conviction especially with the facts listed above.

Some people need to get fired over wasting the tax payers money to get there face in the paper and there 15 minutes of fame.

Oh and BTW the "I'm an idiot" defense is pretty much the standard defense people take when getting investigated or on trial for tax purposes.

While from a practical stand point you make a good point that's not how the legal system works I'm afraid. If it was 100% sure then there wouldn't be a trial, the whole point of the case was that it wasn't 100% clear.

[Dnmac4]

This is the most insane case I've seen in a long time.

London spent 8 Million Pounds on a case about a guy stealing 30,000 pounds.

I'm pretty sure the people in charge knew it would be a long / expensive drawn out process (if they didn't they should be flogged) and just wanted to get there names in the paper.

How on earth do you take this case to trial if your not 100% sure of a conviction especially with the facts listed above.

Some people need to get fired over wasting the tax payers money to get there face in the paper and there 15 minutes of fame.

Oh and BTW the "I'm an idiot" defense is pretty much the standard defense people take when getting investigated or on trial for tax purposes.

While from a practical stand point you make a good point that's not how the legal system works I'm afraid. If it was 100% sure then there wouldn't be a trial, the whole point of the case was that it wasn't 100% clear.

Yes but the people in charge of the legal system decide which cases to take to trial and which cases not to or even just issue the person a fine (which happens in most tax cases BTW)

For a normal tax payer the price of a trial would be no where near 8 million pounds so a trial if they wanted to would be much less of a burden on the tax payers.

In this case they must have known it was going to be very expensive and that the people involved in it would make a name for themselves win or lose off of Harry Redknapp's name, which is what they did.

In most tax cases 90% of them settle out of court or before they ever go to court or like I said before they just pay a fine. With that being said for the prosecution to take a case like this to court over 30,000 pounds which in the grand scheme of things is nothing compared to what he pays in taxes yearly is crazy unless they had an air tight case.

For him to be found completely not guilty it is very obvious that the case was never that strong and that they just wanted to get famous off of 'Arry and they used the tax payers money to do it.

It's disgusting, not to mention they dragged "arry threw the mud and he probably paid way more then 30k on his defense and he was innocent BTW.

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