Cristiano Ronaldo has laughed off claims he should be in jail over tax fraud allegations by posting a picture of himself with his three youngest children on Instagram and insisting 'I'm a prisoner of these babies.' Respected Spanish daily El Mundo said Caridad Gomez Mourelo, head of the Spanish Tax Agency's fiscal crime unit, told the Madrid court probing Cristiano: 'We have people in prison for not paying £110,000.' His bizarre rant came after he reportedly told a judge during his closed court hearing in Madrid: 'If I wasn't called Cristiano Ronaldo, I wouldn't be sat here.' State prosecutors are claiming the footballer committed four counts of tax fraud by deliberately trying to hide earnings from image rights over those years. Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is also the subject of an ongoing tax fraud case.

Source: Daily Mail December 26, 2017 19:44 UTC