A former school principal has been found not guilty on seven counts of false accounting by the direction of a Roscommon circuit judge.
Judge Francis Comerford told the jury in the trial of Frank Chambers, Carnacregg, Moylough, Co Galway that there was no basis on which they could bring a conviction on seven alleged offnces.
The 58-year-old former principal of Roscommon Community College has pleaded not guilty to charges of theft and false accounting relating to a school canteen between 2011 and 2017.
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The trial continues today at Sligo Courthouse.
