Harry Redknapp trial

[Shaggy]

[Fivex]

Someone REALLY needs to do an adobe illustrator trace of what he actually looks like in that style.

It would be even funnier.

Calling Mos??????

[Pablo]

[Fosterbloke]

"The judge is a 'triffic lad"

[Vermilion]

OMG I'm in tears

oh **** are these the official court....er....artists?! impressioins, hahahahahaha bloody marvellous stuff.

loving this.

I hear Arry has said...'if i'd have known all that money over there was dodgy i'd have gone over and brought it all back in a suit case'...

[Red_Polo]

"The judge is a 'triffic lad"

FLMAO

[Shaggy]

RobHarrisUK Rob Harris
Redknapp told reporter: "I ain't done nothing wrong ... I ain't done nothing wrong ... there ain't nothing crooked in it"

[Shaggy]

pkelso Paul Kelso
Also heard that Redknapp threatened to "sue the fackin bollocks off" a News of the World reporter who put it to him secret payments were "a bung"

pkelso Paul Kelso
Redknapp denied they were a bung, saying "it's a fackin sick word".

[Kenneth]

[dom9]

Poor Harry. Not.

[spud_gun]

[sinbad]

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[Stanbull]

Harry checking his balance

[Craig_H]

Weird stuff from Harry Redknapp's trial, and a grudge that El Diego just can't let go...

Last Updated: 24/01/12 at 12:14

Our old mucker Oliver Holt was at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, observing Harry Redknapp's trial for alleged income tax naughtiness.

And in The Daily Mirror this morning, he writes a piece of such curious, pseudy guff that we're not really sure what to make of it.

So here are some choice extracts, and we invite you to make of them what you will.

Henry James Redknapp. That's what they kept calling him in Court Six. Not Harry. Or even 'Arry. Or Gaffer.

Yes. Because that's his name. That's generally what they do in court.

They gave him his full name and turned him from a football manager into a defendant.

Again, because that's what he is.

And so we were left not with the manager of Tottenham Hotspur but a man looking smart and unfamiliar in a blue suit and rather elegant spectacles. No Prozone statistics. No lists of approaching fixtures. No photographs of a man in a tracksuit holding up a trophy.


Erm...what?


At the end, he walked into the corridor outside Court Six and chatted with football reporters. He was Harry Redknapp now, talking about watching his team lose to Manchester City.

Actually, this is the only bit that makes sense. We can only assume he did this in his car, with the window wound down, and an impatient Joe Jordan tapping his fingers in the driver's seat.

Still, like we said, curious. Has anyone told Mr Holt that this isn't a sideshow? This isn't a chance to muse on the nature of being or the masks we wear or the human condition. This isn't a saintly being taken down unjustly and a reputation scuppered. This is a man accused of a reasonably serious crime.

So, erm...stop it?


Careful Now
Incidentally, Redknapp was described in court as a "hard-headed businessman with a financial acumen".

Wait, is that legalese for 'wheeler dealer'?

Ouch. He doesn't like that you know. Remember - you're not allowed to swear in court, Harry.

Poignant Quote Of The Day
"Poor old Rosie. She's dead now" - Harry Redknapp takes a moment for his departed bank ac...sorry, dog.

[Craig_H]

Harry Redknapp has reported Roberto Mancini to the FA after Mancini waved an imaginary tax return at him.