John Carew sent to jail

Seems a bit harsh to be sent to prison for a year for what the courts deemed to be 'unintentional'. A hefty fine would have been sufficient I think.
 
Yes but isn't Scandi prison a bit like Butlins?
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/25/norwegian-prison-inmates-treated-like-people
 
Vialli98 said:
Seems a bit harsh to be sent to prison for a year for what the courts deemed to be 'unintentional'. A hefty fine would have been sufficient I think.
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Prisons are probably sparsely populated in Norway.
 
Vialli98 said:
Seems a bit harsh to be sent to prison for a year for what the courts deemed to be 'unintentional'. A hefty fine would have been sufficient I think.
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Grossly negligent was the phrase I saw. I suspect if it wasn't treated seriously, then saying "sorry, I didn't realise" would empty a lot of prisons. I'm not convinced prison is the best place for non-violent offenders, but he probably evaded a hell of a lot of tax.

I guess if you earn over £20m, knowing where you live, is probably considered about the least the tax office can expect of you.
 
bluenova said:
Grossly negligent was the phrase I saw. I suspect if it wasn't treated seriously, then saying "sorry, I didn't realise" would empty a lot of prisons. I'm not convinced prison is the best place for non-violent offenders, but he probably evaded a hell of a lot of tax.

I guess if you earn over £20m, knowing where you live, is probably considered about the least the tax office can expect of you.
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Yeah, and I appreciate everyone is responsible for being on top of their own taxes, but yeah I read in the article that the courts did not find any evidence that this was deliberate, therefore only grossly negligent which is still very bad but a 14 month prison sentence seems a bit OTT, even if Norwegian prisons are more like holiday resorts compared to UK prisons :)
 
In 2017 Messi was sentanced to 21 months in jail by a Spanish court for tax evasion but that was changed to a fine.
 
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