Harry Redknapp Not Guilty Tax Evasion Trial Verdict
The jury in the tax evasion trial of Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric has reached its verdict and found the defendants not guilty of all charges.
BBC's Dan Roan announced the verdict on Twitter just minutes ago. Redknapp and Mandaric hugged as the verdict was reached. 
Judge Anthony Leonard had told the eight man and four women jurors at Southwark Crown Court yesterday that they could not come back with their verdict before 2pm and that they needed to think about the evidence, ignore football matters and to "keep their eyes on the ball" when deliberating. The Judge informed that they were under no pressure to come up with a decision by the end of play today and when they hadn't decided by 4.30pm Tuesday, the trial went into a 13th day today. A unanimous verdict was to be reached. The Spurs boss had denied allegations of accepting bonus payments totalling £189,000 in a Monaco account from former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric. Prosecutors claimed these deposits were bonuses related to their time at Portsmouth Football Club, including a payment related to a £3 million profit the club made from selling England striker Peter Crouch to Aston Villa. Redknapp's barrister John Kelsey-Fry QC said on Monday that some of the evidence brought against Redknapp was "repugnant to all our basic instincts of fairness". Both Redknapp and Mandaric both denied cheating the public revenue over the payment and alleged tax fraud. More to follow on this report.