Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp shouted angrily at a police detective as tempers flared during his tax evasion court case.
The Spurs coach, who denies cheating the public revenue by failing to declare payments made into a Monaco bank account, broke off his testimony to shout at Detective Dave Manley, who he had accused of "staring" at him.
"Mr Manley, will you please stop staring at me," Redknapp fumed. "I know you are trying to cause me a problem, OK."
The 64-year-old then apologised to Judge Anthony Leonard before continuing his testimony to defence barrister John Kelsey-Fry QC.
The dramatic outburst came as Redknapp entered the witness box for the first time in his two-week trial at Southwark Crown Court.
The Spurs manager is accused of cheating the public revenue with 73-year-old tycoon Milan Mandaric when the two men worked together at Portsmouth.
Mandaric, now in charge of Sheffield Wednesday in English football's third tier, and Redknapp both deny the charges, which centre on $295,000 paid by Mandaric into an account set up by Redknapp.
Earlier, Redknapp denied being a tax cheat, and told jurors he had hired the best accountants available to manage his financial affairs.
"I have always paid my taxes. I've always gone to the best available people," Redknapp said.
"I have always paid too much tax rather than not enough."
Earlier on Wednesday, Mandaric dismissed suggestions by prosecutors that Redknapp was paid money into his Monaco account because of "greed".
Mandaric told jurors Redknapp "was paid millions of pounds. He was paid fairly... There was no issue whatsoever."
Mandaric said the money deposited in Redknapp's account in Monaco "was money that I was going to develop his portfolio".
AFP
Tags: english-premier, soccer, sport, england, united-kingdom First posted February 02, 2012 07:14:03
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