By Michael Cross2021-04-26T13:46:00+01:00
The high-profile prosecution of two former directors of outsourcing giant Serco collapsed today when a judge at Southwark Crown Court directed a jury to acquit following admissions of disclosure failings by the Serious Fraud Office. Nicholas Wood and Simon Marshall had been
accused of defrauding the government out of £12m by understating the profitability of Serco s prisoner-tagging contract. The matter was the subject of
In a statement, the SFO said that a prosecution review of its disclosure process uncovered errors made in the non-disclosure of certain materials . Mrs Justice Tipples rejected a request for an adjournment to remedy the position so that it could pursue a retrial, saying this was not in the public interest. The judge also pointed to what she called real concerns in relation to the nature of the prosecution case .
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