It used to be 5 years for a fine under Rehab. Of Offenders Act but the LASPO Act in 2012 revised it down to 1 year from the date of conviction.
Sent from my iPhone > On 18 Mar 2014, at 17:45, "Rick Duniec" <[email protected]> wrote: > > No > It's a fine paid. > I think it's 5 years for fines. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matt Anderson > To: John Boocock > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:39 PM > Subject: Re: [LU] YEP LATEST > > > I'm not a legal person but if he has been fined and pays isn't it a spent > conviction? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 18 Mar 2014, at 18:32, John Boocock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> NB Cellino's brief is called Professor Cocco. Enough I say! >> >> >> Leeds United: Confusion continues after Cellino found guilty of tax evasion >> >> http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds-united-confusion-continues-after-cellino-found-guilty-of-tax-evasion-1-6504825 >> >> Leeds United fans are braced for a prolonged period of uncertainty over the >> club’s future after an Italian court found prospective owner Massimo Cellino >> guilty of tax evasion. >> >> The 57-year-old has been waiting for the Football League to approve his >> takeover of the Whites since his company Eleonora Sports agreed a £25million >> deal to buy 75 per cent of the club’s shares at the beginning of February. >> >> But the Italian’s bid to take control at Elland Road appears to have been >> scuppered after he was fined 600,000 euros by Judge Sandra Lepore in a >> Cagliari court for failing to pay more than 400,000 euros in import tax on >> his luxury yacht, Nelie, which he bought in 2010 and has now been >> confiscated. >> >> Cellino’s lawyer Giovanni Cocco immediately announced the Miami-based >> businessman planned to appeal against the court’s ruling. >> >> The Football League has been in protracted negotiations with Cellino’s legal >> representatives in England and was understood to be waiting for the outcome >> of the court hearing before making a decision on the ownership of Leeds. >> >> A Football League statement read: “The Football League has noted the outcome >> of the court hearing earlier (on Tuesday) regarding Massimo Cellino. >> >> “We are engaged in an ongoing dialogue with his legal representatives in >> this country and cannot comment further at this time.” >> >> The governing body’s ‘owners and directors’ test, prevents anyone with an >> unspent conviction for dishonesty offences from being a director, a 30 per >> cent owner, or from exercising control over one of its clubs. >> >> Leeds supporters can now expect further delays and more legal wrangling >> between Cellino and the League as the uncertainty over their club continues. >> >> Leeds managing director David Haigh insisted last week that there is “no >> chance” of the club going into administration, as it is Cellino’s money >> which has been keeping the club going. >> >> “This verdict is absolutely unjust and we will appeal,” Cocco told the >> Guardian after the brief court session. >> >> Cellino, currently the owner of Cagliari, denies that he was seeking to >> evade import duty on the yacht. >> >> He told the court in December that he had planned to have it sailed to the >> United States, where he had bought it, but was unable to due to damage to >> the vessel. >> >> Cellino, who exchanged contracts with Leeds’ current owners Gulf finance >> House Capital to buy 75 per cent of the club’s shares on February 1, has >> already provided considerable funds to cover running costs at Elland Road. >> >> He has covered the club’s staff wage bill for the last two months and has >> paid off a loan from shirt sponsors Enterprise Insurance to stave off a >> winding-up order. >> >> Since the takeover deal with GFH Capital was agreed, Leeds have also signed >> Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland and Sunderland striker Connor Wickham on loan >> until the end of the season. >> >> Cellino’s lawyers started talks with the Football League at the end of >> January and the Cagliari owner met with the governing body on February 12. >> >> Bahrain-based investment firm GFH Capital has been searching for major >> investment since buying the club from Ken Bates in December 2012. >> >> A rival consortium to Cellino, headed by Andrew Flowers, chief executive of >> club sponsor Enterprise Insurance, withdrew from the race to take control at >> Elland Road at the end of January, but a third group, Together Leeds, >> fronted by former Manchester United international managing director Mike >> Farnan, has been waiting in the background. >> >> GFH Capital has so far refused to enter into serious talks with Together >> Leeds after rejecting a “derisory” offer from them in November. >> >> Cellino has twice been previously convicted of fraud and is currently >> contesting a separate charge of embezzlement. >> >> He received a 15-month suspended prison sentence in 2001 after being >> convicted of false accounting at Cagliari. >> >> A previous conviction in 1996 for fraudulently claiming EU agricultural >> subsidies was overturned in 2012, while in February 2013 he spent 16 days in >> jail after being arrested for embezzlement - a charge he denies - in >> relation to the redevelopment of Cagliari’s Is Arena stadium. >> >> But Cellino’s two previous convictions, nearly 13 and 18 years old, are >> considered “spent” in English law and it is understood they cannot be taken >> into consideration under the League’s test. >> >> In relation to his outstanding charge, Cellino is assumed innocent until it >> can be proved otherwise and he denies the allegations. >> >> Cellino, long considered one of the most charismatic owners in Italian >> football, was shown around Leeds’ Thorp Arch training ground for the first >> time in October. >> >> A Leeds spokesman said on Tuesday that the club would not be commenting at >> this stage and were waiting for the Football League’s definitive decision on >> Cellino’s proposed takeover before issuing a statement. >> >> Cellino said publicly last week that he could no longer continue to bankroll >> the club until the League gives his takeover the go ahead. >> >> He also said he would “walk away” from Leeds without a fight if he did not >> pass the League’s test. >> >> But it seems the agricultural entrepreneur is not ready to give up his fight >> yet. >> >> Cellino’s lawyer Professor Cocco told BBC Radio Leeds that the appeal >> against the tax evasion verdict could take between six and nine months. >> >> Cocco added: “According to my point of view, this business (on Tuesday) has >> no relevance whatsoever to the decision of the Football League. >> >> “Obviously that’s up to the Football League themselves. >> >> “In my opinion, as a lawyer, today’s sentence has no relevance to the >> takeover of Leeds United. >> >> “The verdict does not mean that Cellino is guilty - because in Italian law >> he can only be guilty after the third stage of the process. 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