Lionel Messi handed tax fraud sentence but unlikely to serve time in prison

06 July 2016 11:23

Argentina and Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi and his father Jorge have been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud by a Catalan court, according to Spanish media sources.

But under Spanish law, sentences under two years are usually suspended and neither are likely to serve any time in prison.

The long-running case relates to a scheme to avoid paying £3.4m of tax on Lionel Messi's image rights.

Source: PA