Today in court, Tyson Fury was Һit hard when he was told he had to pay almost £100,000 in back taxes for his business, even though his “illiterate” dad was there to defend him.
They owed the government a huge amount of money because they let people use their land as a parking lot. The boxing world champion, 35, and his two brothers John Jnr, 39, and Shane, 32, got the huge bill.
It was seen that John Fury was going to Chester Magistrates Court.
The council for Cheshire East says Two of Tyson Fury’s brothers and he owe £82,000 in council tax.
The three people are said to owe the money for land next to their £1 million home in Styal.
Tyson Fury (L) and his brother Shane Fury walk around after Tyson Fury’s 2021 figҺt for the WBC heavyweight title against Deontay Wilder.
John Sr., 59, said, “I didn’t even have to be here today to tell you the boys have nothing to do with anything of it, especially Tyson.” He said this while claiming to have signed the lease.
“It makes no sense when you pay milliоns of pounds in taxes.” That spot is where he used to live 18 years ago.
“All I did was rent out some land.” I have no idea what any business does or how it works. “All I’ve ever done is work in empty yards.”
A “figҺt with the wife 20 years ago” led John Sr. to give his sons, who are worth over £134 million, ownership of the £1 million home in Styal, Cheshire.
It was true that he signed a lease in April 2021 for Manchester Holiday Car Parks Ltd, a valet business, to use the site, which was only a short distance from the airport, even though he couldn’t read or write.
In court at Chester, John Snr, who was jailed for 11 years in 2011 for gouging out a man’s eyes, said, “I’m an old-fashioned man, I’m semi-illiterate, that’s just how it is.”
“I have other things to do.” I teach people to box and coach people to box.
This is not my area of expertise, so I don’t know anything about it.
“I’ve only ever been in trouble with the law, never with this kind of technical stuff.”
They said, “I can’t read and write.”
He went on, “Our culture is different from everyone else’s.” I’m the man.
“It has nothing to do with my sons.”
“I did nothing wrong.”
“I had no idea I was breаking the law.”
“I’m not trying to become awkward.”
But District Judge Mr. John McGarva told Tyson and his two brothers they had to pay £82,166.85 in business rates to Cheshire Council East and £17,206 in court fees.
In terms of John Sr., he didn’t know what was going on, he said.
If they don’t pay, a bailiff might have to take stuff from the figҺting family, which is not fun.
The brothers didn’t show up to the meeting yesterday, and John Sr. left before the decision was made.
The 6ft 9-inch Gypsy King, Tyson, is on vacation with his family on a private boat in Saudi Arabia right now.
Yesterday, he didn’t show up to the meeting because he went parasailing instead.
The head of Manchester Holiday Parks, Mr. Babikir Elmosbah, said in court that he rented the land from the Furys, but the judge said he was a “wholly unreliable witness.”
The judge said he was “floundering” in the box.
John Sr. said he doesn’t do business with Mr. Elmosbah and instead uses Mr. Collin for all of his deals.
Mr. Elmosbah told them that he gives the Furys £600 a month to use their parking lot.
In his defense, Martin Budworth said, “The local government acknowledges that the company exists.”
“But it’s a pretty big claim to sаy that the business operation can be ignored as a scаm.”
It seems likely that Holiday Car Parks Ltd is the tenant.
“Unfortunately, there is a history of bad tenants, which has made it hard for the government to collect taxes.”
He also said about the Furys, “To some extent there’s been a common denominator.”
But the government also says that Holiday Car Parks Ltd did not exist when the land was rented out.
Yesterday afternoon in court, it came out that John Sr. was not a defendant in the case.
John Sr. said, “All I did was rent Mr. Elmosbah a piece of land.” I don’t understand what kind of business they run.”
Judge McGarva said that the city government did not deny the existence of Holiday Car Parks Manchester Ltd.
But it said Mr. Elmosbah couldn’t explain why the company was listed as “dormant” in its accounts for the year ending in August 2022, even though it didn’t have any workers during that time.
Despite the “wholly conflicting” proof, he was sure the company did exist.
In addition, the judge said that Mr. Elmosbah was “far from an impressive witness” and that it was “wholly unsatisfactory” that he had not heard from any of the three defendants or Mr. Fury Snr’s advisor.He also said that the lease agreement “left more questions than answers,” like why Mr. Fury Sr. decided to rent out a house that he had “already disposed of.”
Martin Budworth, who was representing the defendants, said that the council had no good reason to charge his clients with anything other than the fact that their names were on the Land Register.