Following the overblown headlines of 40-odd-year sentences against John Hore and his wife Martha Monica, the case against Mr. Hore has been withdrawn. His wife has been acquitted of any criminal charge, but she and their solicitor must meet unpaid taxes, fines and costs totalling 10.6 million euros in respect of the purchase of fincas.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
MALLORCA TODAY - Briton faces 42 years imprisonment for tax evasion
The case against the couple John and Martha Monica Hore and their solicitor, charged with conspiring to commit tax evasion and fraud in respect of the purchase of fincas in Bunyola (amounting to 32 million euros) is to be heard as from tomorrow, the prosecutors calling for 42 and a half years for John Hore and the solicitor and 37 and a half years for Hore's wife.
The sentence being demanded (assuming it were to be accepted and indeed that guilt is established) almost certainly will not be this length. It is typical in many cases that the reporting is highly dramatic, but what it usually means is the total of sentences for different charges are added up to arrive at the figure. There was the case of a doctor who was sentenced to 77 years for a total number of offences of sexual abuse but was due to spend a maximum of four years. The way it worked in that case was that the actual tariff was three times the normal sentence for the most serious offence he committed; hence four years.
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The sentence being demanded (assuming it were to be accepted and indeed that guilt is established) almost certainly will not be this length. It is typical in many cases that the reporting is highly dramatic, but what it usually means is the total of sentences for different charges are added up to arrive at the figure. There was the case of a doctor who was sentenced to 77 years for a total number of offences of sexual abuse but was due to spend a maximum of four years. The way it worked in that case was that the actual tariff was three times the normal sentence for the most serious offence he committed; hence four years.
See more: Diario de Mallorca
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