the serious fraud office offered no evidence against mr rogberg at southwark crown court. offering evidence against him. two other defendants we re against him. two other defendants were acquitted last month after the judge halted their trial saying the evidence was so weak that it couldn't even be put before a jury. mr rogberg wasn't part of that trial because he had suffered a heart attack that led to the first trial being abandoned. the upshot is that four years on, the sfo has failed to secure any convictions in this high—profile case. tesco has already paid £129 million when it entered into what is known as a deferred prosecution agreement with the sfo, a deal to avoid prosecution. those details were made public today and the three defendants were named in this document as being part of that fraudulent activity. but yet in a criminal court, they were acquitted. carl rogberg has been speaking today with damning words. he said, i should never have been charged and there was a rush to judgment to do this deal with the sfo. time for a look at the weather... where is that?

mr rogberg was not part of that trial because he had suffered a heart attack that led to the first trialour years on, the sfo have failed to secure any convictions in this high profile case. but here is the twist, reeta, tesco has already paid £129 million when it entered into what is known as a deferred prosecution agreement with the sfo, a deal to avoid prosecution. now, those details were made public today, and the three defendants were named in this document as being part of that fraudulent activity, but yet ina criminal court of that fraudulent activity, but yet in a criminal court they were acquitted. now, carl rogberg has been speaking today, some damning words, he said, i should been speaking today, some damning words, he said, ishould never been speaking today, some damning words, he said, i should never have been charged and there was a rush to judgment to do this deal with the sfo. a high court judge who actually heard the evidence, supported by three appeal court judges, found no evidence of guilt on behalf of those named in it. it is a worthless and dishonest piece of paper

the serious fraud office offered no evidence against mr rogberg at southwark crown court.t has been such a long saga, back in september 20 14th when this huge black hole was discovered in tesco's accounts and it sent shock waves around the city. it wiped £1 million or more off the value of the company. today carl rogberg was cleared, the serious fraud squad said it would not be offering any evidence against him. the other two defendants were acquitted last month after a judge halted the trial saying the evidence was so halted the trial saying the evidence was so weak it could not be put before a jury. that was the second trial, the first was abandoned after carl rogberg suffered a heart attack to his case was postponed until today so basically all three men have been cleared of fraud and false accounting. there was a further twist, tesco did a deal with the serious fraud office to avoid prosecution and paid a £129 million fine. it points the finger of blame at the three defendants but they have all been acquitted. carl rogberg said he should never have been charged, the ca

the serious fraud office offered no evidence against mr rogberg at southwark crown court.oins me from outside southwark crown court. tell us what happened this morning. just to remind you, it is four years since that huge black hole was discovered in tesco‘s accounts. wiping more than £1 billion off the value of the company, plunging tesco into crisis. today, we saw the final chapter of the criminal proceedings come to an end when carl rogberg was formally acquitted. it is a complicated tale, though in the first trial when it reached the later stages, carl rogberg suffered a heart attack in that first trial involving the three defendants was abandoned. there was a second trial, featuring chris bush and the other former tesco‘s senior executive, was brought to a halt because halfway through the through the trial, the judge said that the case was simply too weak to put before a jury. they we re too weak to put before a jury. they were acquitted. today, the sfo came to court and said they were going to be offering no evidence in the case of carl rogberg, it will not be fair t