Christian Bittar's Conviction Is Quashed by the Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of Christian Bittar, a former Deutsche Bank trader jailed in 2018, BBC Business reports. The legal effect is straightforward: the conviction no longer stands. It is a striking outcome for a case that put a bank employee behind bars, because it means an appellate court, not the original trial, had the last word on whether the prosecution held. A quashed conviction is distinct from a retrial or a softened sentence — it removes the finding rather than revisiting the punishment.