£1.15m tax fraud: Barcelona star Javier Mascherano sentenced to a year in prison over

Former Liverpool star Javier Mascherano has been sentenced to a year in prison and fined €815,000 (£625,000) for two tax offences.

However, the star is not likely to be spending a year behind bars, as his lawyer David Aineto has requested the prison sentence to be substituted for a fine.

In Spain people handed sentences of less than two years are not normally required to serve their sentence, unless they are being punished for violent crime.

Javier Mascherano leaves court in Barcelona on Thursday after admitting two counts of tax fraud

 Mascherano (left), who paid the amount with interest last year, has to pay a fine of £625,000

Mascherano, 31, was given four-month and eight-month sentences for the two offences which took place in 2011 and 2012.

The Argentine star had already repaid the full €1.6million (£1.15million) debt owed to the tax authorities before he was given his punishment

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