Lionel Messi not serving a 21 month jail term in Spain for tax fraud

[Troll]

Worse than Pistorius imo.

[Foluwashola]

Earn that much and fiddle your taxes. Bent cunt.

[Vinny Green Balls]

No Messi gaol then? Motherfucker. So much for my script for The Longest Twelve Yards. The redemption was beautiful. He scored the winning penalty against the prison guards.

[Hanshithispantz]

What kind of law is that.

 

A law in a tolerant society.

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Messi when the sentence was given:

 

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[relámpago blanco]

So we can go to spain and commit a crime that is fairly serious but basically not get sent down.

[Ikon]

Is Pardew going to Spain on vacation maybe?

[Guest chopey]

Poor Messi all he wants to do is earn a decent living for his family and not pay taxes to the state, every Monday I work goes straight to the taxman.

[Village Idiot]

Obviously the law wasn't made with Messi in mind, but the idea is that sending somebody to jail for a first offence can be a self-defeating purpose. You commit a fairly petty crime (as I said, violent crime is excluded from this), and you go to a place where you'll be surrounded by criminals, with a very big chance you won't get employment once you get out, which all means you'll be headed straight to a self-perpetuating cycle of crime. So we aim to short-circuit this vicious circle by giving a "first strike" to first-time criminals. A second chance, if you will. You get a criminal record, and your name will be on police databases all over, so it's not like you won't end with your ass in jail pretty soon if you do it again, and you'll get extra penalty for recidivism.

[LucaAltieri]

Got to love the "more than a club" nonsense. Clever marketing but it tends to fall apart when you employ tax evaders, racists, and cheats.

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

Yeah, it's not like its a symbol of Catalan independence or anything.

[LucaAltieri]

I'm just saying... we're more than a club, until it comes to our bottom line, then we're just a business like any other. All higher meaning can fuck off then.

[Foluwashola]

See Barca have started a #WeAreAllLeoMessi social media campaign. Eh, he's a criminal lads.

[Mole_Toonfan]

We are all tax frauds apparently.

[Leazes_End_Mag]

Ronaldo wouldn't get caught up in such a scandal. Viva Ronaldo.

[U2]

See Barca have started a #WeAreAllLeoMessi social media campaign. Eh, he's a criminal lads.

 

Kenny Dalglish approves.

[Deuce]

Sorry, didnt see the other topic when I posted

 

Conveniently under 24 months, I see

 

Just surprised the sentence wasn't 23 months and 29 days.

[sbnufc]

 

[Foluwashola]

Genuinely weirder than Scousers.

[Interpolic]

Messi sad cos people won't let him avoid his taxes in peace

[Hanshithispantz]

No man should have to go through not being locked up and walking back into your multi-million pound dream job.

[Marmoset]

I actually really like the spanish two years no prison law, makes a hell of a lot of sense. Is Messi's sentence about right for the crime or has it been pretty lenient though? Would your average Jose get more?

[Village Idiot]

I actually really like the spanish two years no prison law, makes a hell of a lot of sense. Is Messi's sentence about right for the crime or has it been pretty lenient though? Would your average Jose get more?

 

Par for the course. The taxman isn't actually interested in jailing people, they want to get paid. They were asking for 22 months in this instance.

 

The idea is that the threat of jail will make you cough up the cash (which Messi did). If you agree to pay and do it promptly, they will never ask for over 2 years.