A former employee of a mortgage company has been cleared of unlawfully obtaining the personal data of clients.
Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC last Wednesday recorded a formal not guilty after the prosecution offered no evidence against Keighley man Farid Rafiq.
Mr Rafiq, 37, of View Road, a former employee of Homeloan Management Ltd in Skipton, pleaded not guilty at a Bradford Crown Court hearing in March to unlawfully obtaining personal information about clients of the company, between July 25, 2011, and July 30, 2011, under the Data Protection Act.
A trial had been fixed for last week at Bradford Crown Court, but was then taken out of the list.
On Wednesday, prosecutor Caroline Wigin told Judge Durham Hall: “I have had a conference with the expert in the case, at which it was determined no evidence would be offered. I invite Your Honour to enter a formal verdict of not guilty.”
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