Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Lionel Messi to appeal his tax fraud conviction

Football star Lionel Messi has said he will appeal a Barcelona court's decision to sentence him and his father to a 21 month prison sentences for tax fraud.

His appeal comes despite the fact that, under Spanish law, sentences of less than two years for first offences are suspended, meaning neither man would actually serve time behind bars. 

Andrea Arenas reports. 

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