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A London appeals court has overturned the bribery conviction of a former Unaoil Group manager after finding that the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office committed a “serious failure” in refusing to turn over evidence that would have helped him at trial

The ruling comes after the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office was ordered to turn over potentially embarrassing documents detailing its interactions with a private investigator and former DEA agent

The conviction of Ziad Akle, a former Unaoil Group manager, was overturned Friday by the London Court of Appeal. He is shown here in a 2017 photograph.

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