The Sessions Court in Shah Alam today acquitted and discharged three legal practitioners, including a former judge, on a charge of accepting an RM17,500 bribe two years ago.

They are former Kuala Kubu Bharu Sessions Court judge Azmil Muntapha Abas, 47, former deputy public prosecutor Khairul Azhwa Yusri Mohamad, 34, and lawyer Noor Amirul Nazreen Anas, 33.

Judge Rihaida Rafie ordered the three men to be released after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against them...