French taxi driver cleared of stealing from David Lammy after fare dispute

David Lammy and Nicola Green at a gala dinner in honor of King Charles and Queen Camilla in Rome in April, two days before the incident. Photograph: Sipa US/Alamy

A French taxi driver accused of stealing money and luggage from David Lammy has been acquitted due to lack of evidence, a prosecutor said.

Nassim Mimun, 40, drove the deputy prime minister and his wife, Nicola Green, more than 600km (370 miles) from Forli, near Bologna in northern Italy, to the ski resort of Flaine in the French Alps on 11 April.