Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes has received a three year prison sentence for tax offences.A federal judge handed down the maximum term requested by prosecutors - one year for each of Snipes' convictions of
willfully failing to file a tax return.Snipes' lawyers had called for leniency, arguing that the offences were misdemeanours and that the star was of good character.
But prosecutors said an example should be set because of Snipes' fame.
In February, Snipes was found guilty of deliberately failing to file tax returns for 1999, 2000 and 2001, but was cleared of more serious fraud and conspiracy charges.
'Serious crimes'
United States District Judge William Terrell Hodges said the action star had shown a "history of contempt over a period of time" for US tax laws.
"In my mind these are serious crimes, albeit misdemeanours", he said.
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