Former Spurs owner Joe Lewis pleads guilty in US insider trading case

Joe Lewis (right) was an owner of Tottenham for around two decades (Mike Egerton/PA)

The billionaire former owner of Tottenham Hotspur, Joe Lewis, has pleaded guilty in an insider trading case in the US, prosecutors have confirmed.

Lewis, 86, pleaded guilty in front of US District Judge Jessica Clarke on Wednesday to charges alleging he had committed securities fraud and conspired to commit securities fraud by insider trading.