Former Macfarlanes banking partner Francis Bridgeman has seen his 12-month prison term quashed at the Court of Appeal today (22 February) after he was last month sentenced for perverting the cause of justice.

Bridgeman was handed the year-long jail term last month after being found guilty of lying to police about being kidnapped to avoid arrest for drink-driving.

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