Source: Daily_Mail
Portsmouth's former chiefs Milan Mandaric and Peter Storrie to face new tax evasion charges
Former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric and the club's ex-chief executive Peter Storrie will face new tax evasion charges when they appear in court next month, a court was told on Friday.[LNB]The pair are charged with evading tax in relation to midfielder Eyal Berkovic's termination fee, Southwark Crown Court in London was told.[LNB]Mandaric, along with Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp, already faced two counts of cheating the public revenue.[LNB] Write caption here[LNB]Storrie was already separately charged over tax evasion in relation to a player's signing-on fee.[LNB]Mandaric and Storrie will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on June 17 and June 9 respectively.[LNB]All three men will appear at Southwark Crown Court on September 14, ahead of a possible trial next spring. The defendants were excused from attending today's directions hearing.[LNB]Under the new charge, Mandaric, now chairman of Leicester City, and Storrie are accused of making an offshore payment to terminate Berkovic's contract on which no tax was declared or paid.[LNB] Centre of a storm: Eyal Berkovic's termination fee is the root cause of the problem facing the Pompey duo[LNB]Mandaric and former Portsmouth manager Redknapp, 63, of Panorama Road in Poole, are also charged with evading tax and National Insurance contributions due between April 1, 2002 and November 28, 2007.[LNB]Storrie, of St Helen's Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, is alleged to have cheated the public revenue between July 1, 2003 and November 28, 2007 over a signing-on fee to midfielder Amdy Faye when he moved from Auxerre to Portsmouth.[LNB]He is accused of arranging for the fee to Faye to be paid via the bank account of an agent, Willie McKay, to 'conceal its true nature and purpose'.[LNB]His actions allegedly caused 'a failure on the part of the club to operate PAYE and account for income tax and National Insurance contributions in respect of that fee'.[LNB]Redknapp's first name was listed as Henry by the court and Mandaric gave his address as the Walkers Stadium in Leicester.[LNB] Pompey non-executive chairman Sulaiman Al Fahim court shortMandaric confident Pearson will ignore advances and remain at LeicesterSpurs boss Harry Redknapp: Court appearance won't distract mePortsmouth hit by new tax evasion claimPORTSMOUTH FC
