Three members of a family accused of mortgage fraud have been formally found not guilty of the charges.
Carli Savill, 34, and her partner Andrew Zacharias, 32, of Bennetts Avenue, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, and his mother Anne Zacharias, 57, formerly of Well Lane, Stock, but now of Sutton, Surrey, had between them denied six allegations of fraud.
After the trial at Chelmsford Crown Court had been opened and some witness evidence given, prosecutor Jamie Sawyer today told the judge that the Crown Prosecution Service now wished to offer no evidence in relation to those offences.
The judge, Recorder JP Cooper formally directed the jury to return not guilty verdicts.
Savill was acquitted of obtaining a money transfer of £325,000 by deception in 2005, and two offences of fraud relating to mortgage applications in 2007 and 2008.
Andrew Zacharias was acquitted of one similar offence of fraud in 2007 and his mother of two offences of fraud in 2007 and 2008.
The three defendants who are each also accused of money laundering are due to face a re-trial on those charges at a later stage.
