Shakira reaches deal with Spanish prosecutors to avoid €14.5m tax fraud trial

Colombian singer to pay fines instead of risking prison sentence in deal that ends Barcelona trial

The Colombian singer Shakira has reached a settlement with prosecutors in Spain to avoid a trial over charges that she failed to pay €14.5m (£12.7m) in income tax between 2012 and 2014.

As part of the deal, which puts an end to the trial in Barcelona, prosecutors swapped a potential prison sentence for the singer for fines, the judge said during the trial’s first hearing.