Messi sentenced to 21 months in jail for tax fraud

Four-time World Footballer of the Year expected to be spared prison for first-time offence

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Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in jail for tax fraud.

The footballer and his father, Jorge Horacio, who was also sentenced to 21 months imprisonment, were found guilty of three counts of tax fraud by a court in Barcelona.

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