Redknapp and Mandaric to face January trial

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will face trial for tax evasion on January 23 next year, it can be reported for the first time. GettyImagesHarry Redknapp returned home on Thursday after being released from hospital following a heart procedure Redknapp, tipped as a future England manager, is accused of two counts of cheating the public revenue between specific dates in 2002 and 2007 when he was manager of Portsmouth Football Club. He is accused alongside the then Portsmouth FC chairman Milan Mandaric. The first charge alleges that between April 1, 2002, and November 28, 2007, Mandaric paid $ 145,000 into a bank account held by Redknapp in Monaco, to avoid paying income tax and national insurance. The second charge for the same offence relates