Vijay Mallya, former owner of the Force India Formula 1 team, has been sentenced to jail in India for disobeying a court order.

A report by BBC News states that on Monday, India’s Supreme Court found Mallya guilty of contempt, which allegedly relates to a failure “to disclose his assets after defaulting on a loan”.

The report links this to the Kingfisher Airlines brand which Mallya owned before it closed in 2012.

Mallya moved from India to London in 2016 – he denied fleeing the country – following a failure to pay debts which totalled in excess of £840million.