Ex-Tayside fire chief cleared of fraud over £500 Land Rover auction sale
A jury accepted that Arbroath-born Mr Edgar, who was head of Tayside Fire and Rescue, had made "an honest mistake".
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A jury accepted that Arbroath-born Mr Edgar, who was head of Tayside Fire and Rescue, had made "an honest mistake".
Gloucestershire fire service's former leader is cleared of fraudulently buying a Land Rover.
Stewart Edgar, 53, the former head of Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, was found not guilty on Friday of fraudulently selling a Land Rover Defender to a third-party company.
Stewart Edgar is accused of fraudulently buying the Defender, using a third-party firm to put in a bid during a sale he was running.
It is alleged that Stuart Edgar, former head of Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, undermined his own brigade's auction to purchase the Land Rover Defender.