Sandiganbayan (File photo) MANILA - The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court has acquitted a government bank auditor on charges of malversation of public funds and graft in connection with anomalous transactions in 1999. The graft court's Seventh Division said the prosecution "was not even able to introduce basic evidence" against Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) Lucena's Maria Prima Abrigo, who appealed the 14-year imprisonment imposed by the Lucena City Regional Trial Court. The 25-page decision dated October 21, written by Associate Justice Ma. Theresa Dolores Gomez-Estoesta, however, found Abrigo civilly liable and directed her to pay the amount of PHP891,000 to DBP-Lucena. The anti-graft court said the criminal liability "should have been based not on her admissions alone, but on separate and independent proof to establish the crimes", noting that only Abrigo's admissions of her part in the irregularities were used. "To reiterate, an extraju