In most countries the Harry Redknapp case wouldn't have reached a jury | Simon Jenkins

Redknapp's was the latest in a series of show trials – even if he had been guilty it could have been settled with a handshake

Now for 'Arry the Movie, a tale of fear and loathing in darkest Poole. It boasts a rags-to-riches hero – Harry Redknapp – along with Rosie his dog, a kindly Slav, Milan Mandaric, a villainous taxman and a Monte Carlo bank. Cheering from the terraces is a jury of 12 Londoners, good and true, who may know nothing of fiscal clawback but can tell a likely lad from an...