Derek Achong

Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) deputy po­lit­i­cal leader David Lee has been freed of fraud charges re­lat­ed to his ve­hi­cle tax ex­emp­tion as a par­lia­men­tar­i­an.

De­liv­er­ing a de­ci­sion yes­ter­day, act­ing Chief Mag­is­trate Chris­tine Charles dis­missed the con­spir­a­cy to de­fraud and mis­be­hav­iour in pub­lic of­fice charges against Lee, af­ter up­hold­ing a no-case sub­mis­sion pre­sent­ed by his le­gal team led by Wayne Sturge and Mario Mer­ritt, of Regius Cham­bers.