Trump executive Allen Weisselberg gets five-month prison sentence

Allen Weisselberg appears during his sentencing hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court (Curtis Means/DailyMail/AP)

A longtime executive for Donald Trump’s business empire has been jailed for five months for dodging taxes on 1.7 million US dollars (£1.4 million) in job perks.

The judge sentencing Allen Weisselberg said the punishment – which the 75-year-old was promised in August when he agreed to admit to 15 tax crimes and be a witness against the Trump Organisation – is probably too soft.