Case against Redknapp is repugnant, says barrister

The prosecution case at Harry Redknapp’s tax evasion trial is “repugnant to all our basic instincts of fairness”, a court heard.

John Kelsey-Fry, defending, launched a fierce attack on the Crown for using a News of the World investigation as its “crucial lynchpin” in the case.

“There is an inherent absurdity that shrieks out at you” in some of the allegations that Redknapp took £189,000 in bungs, he told London’s Southwark Crown Court.