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MM's takeover took enough time and had it's ups and downs. Not reading anything more into this than I did the "news" that it was a done deal on Bentley's Spoof. (See what I did there)
 
beighton155 said:
MM's takeover took enough time and had it's ups and downs. Not reading anything more into this than I did the "news" that it was a done deal on Bentley's Spoof. (See what I did there)
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It looks to me like you substituted the roof with spoof. The word rhymes with one it replaced so appears to be the same word but with a different meaning. In this case it would indicate that not all reported stories on Bentleys roof are accurate.
 
lazzer said:
It looks to me like you substituted the roof with spoof. The word rhymes with one it replaced so appears to be the same word but with a different meaning. In this case it would indicate that not all reported stories on Bentleys roof are accurate.
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It works in 2 ways being that (a) it's a pun on the word roof and (b) it's satirical.

I'll give it a 7/10.
 
Boy Genius said:
Geoffrey Archer as well
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You were doing so well, until that, 'as well'. All the other instances sited were abroad. Archer is the only British case mentioned.

Well done that man because I had tried to gain-say the proposition and had forgotten "dear Jeffrey"
 
Diken said:
You were doing so well, until that, 'as well'. All the other instances sited were abroad. Archer is the only British case mentioned.

Well done that man because I had tried to gain-say the proposition and had forgotten "dear Jeffrey"
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Only problem is he wasn't sent down for anything tax-related. It was for perjury.
 
Cate Fox said:
link isnt working...
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Gary Lineker's brother is jailed for tax fraud



By Times Online and PA News


The millionaire brother of the former footballer Gary Lineker was jailed for two-and-a-half years today for a £220,000 tax fraud.

For 18 months, Wayne Lineker systematically smuggled cash into Britain earned from a string of sports bars in Spain and Portugal using a "tried and tested" money mule system of unsuspecting family and friends.
Once here, bundles of pesetas and escudos from pubs in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands were laundered into sterling, London’s Southwark Crown Court heard.

Initially the cash was "thoroughly cleaned up" at bureaux de change.
Later, John Stacey, who worked at a City stockbrokers, was brought in to secure a better exchange rate. Recruited to the conspiracy with a series of four-figure sweeteners and a holiday in Portugal, he siphoned it through several NatWest bank accounts before handing it back to the businessman.
Lineker, whose brother presents Match of the Day on BBC television and who captained England during a glittering international career, admitted one count of conspiracy to defraud the Inland Revenue between 1999 and 2001.

The 43-year-old businessman, who boasts a £2m mansion in Fyfield, Essex, owns eight pubs and has franchises on three others, stood with his hands clasped in front of him as Judge Stephen Robbins passed sentence.
The judge told him: "You through your counsel accept prime responsibility for initiating this conspiracy which was sustained over a period of about 18 months ... and led to a loss of £90,000 tax including interest.
"You also drew into the conspiracy your right-hand man David Hodges."

The judge said the Court of Appeal had made it clear that defrauding the Inland Revenue was a "serious offence because it means defrauding the vast majority of honest taxpayers".
As a result he would not only be jailed for two-and-a-half years but face a further 24 months if he failed to pay a £90,000 confiscation order.
 
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I'm not sure but I thought that MM paid Redknapp the money and he avoided the tax not MM. In which case if he didn't profit wouldn't his penalty be less?Plus they wouldn't want to jail a 71 year old surely?
 
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Major I Swarter said:
I'm not sure but I thought that MM paid Redknapp the money and he avoided the tax not MM. In which case if he didn't profit wouldn't his penalty be less?Plus they wouldn't want to jail a 71 year old surely?
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Nothing to do with payments to Redknapp, it's ( allegedly ) to do with avoiding PAYE by making a payments to an agent ( who then passed it on the his player client without deducting tax or NIC ) rather than putting the money through Pompey's payroll.
 
Major I Swarter said:
No shit.
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No, I'm serious Major. I know this may come as a big surprise to a lot of people, but he hasn't actually been convicted of anything.

This will probably be a big disappointment to those that have already decided that he is selling the club for a handful of luncheon vouchers because he is going to jail.
 
Macky said:
No, I'm serious Major. I know this may come as a big surprise to a lot of people, but he hasn't actually been convicted of anything.

This will probably be a big disappointment to those that have already decided that he is selling the club for a handful of luncheon vouchers because he is going to jail.
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I know he hasn't been convicted, my point was even if he was he'd be unlikely to go to jail.A big fine maybe. Community service? You never know, but not jail, imo (for what it's worth) anyway
 
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