Two directors and two managers from Commercial Vehicle Solutions have been found not guilty of fraud at Leeds Crown Court.
In November of last year, CVS MD Martin Collins, sales director Richard Gosling and managers Bruce Lawrie and Tim Edwards pleaded not guilty to conspiring to defraud the traffic commissioners of Britain.
Together with Richard Lawson, MD of Spirit Auto Logistics and successor Spirit Motor Transport, they also pleaded not guilty to conspiring to defraud HGV operators.
The jury at Leeds today found in the CVS defendants and Lawson’s favour, returning a verdict of not guilty on both counts.
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