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

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