Messi's 21 months jailed term appealed for

Following the recent conviction of the Barcelona forward Lionel Messi who was convicted for Tax fraud alongside his father father, Jorge Messi, who was also given a jail term for defrauding Spain of €4.1m (£3.5m; $4.5m) between 2007 and 2009.

Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona and his father Jorge Horacio Messi in court on 2 June 2016 in Barcelona, Spain

The Argentine super star Messi and his father were found guilty of three counts of tax fraud in Wednesday's ruling by the court in Barcelona.



As well as the jail terms, Messi was fined about €2m and his father €1.5m. They made a voluntary €5m "corrective payment", equal to the alleged unpaid tax plus interest, in August 2013.

According to bbc it was reported that the sentence can be appealed against at the Spanish supreme court.


Although they are also facing millions of euros in fines for using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights.


However, neither Lionel Messi or his father Jorge Messi is expected to serve time in jail.

Under the Spanish system, prison terms of under two years can be served under probation : It is apparent that Messi and his father are currently not in jail... read from the source http://www.infotanus.com.ng/2016/07/messi-not-in-jail-despite-conviction-of.html

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