TOTTENHAM MANAGER Harry Redknapp and former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric appeared in a British court yesterday jointly accused of cheating the public revenue.

The pair face two charges relating to two alleged payments totalling €215,551 made to Redknapp during his time as manager of Portsmouth by Mandaric via a bank account in Monaco, evading tax and national insurance contributions.

Appearing together in the dock, Mandaric (71) and Redknapp (62) spoke only to confirm their names, addresses and ages and lent forward and listened carefully to proceedings in a brief, five-minute hearing at the City of Westminster magistrates court in central London.

The pair were given unconditional bail and must now appear at London’s Southwark Crown Court on April 14th where they will enter their pleas.