A father and son were celebrating clearing their names after being found not guilty in the turkey-sold-as-halal-lamb meat scandal.
Mohammed Anwarul Hoque (56) wept with relief after a jury acquitted him of knowingly helping to supply turkey that was labelled as lamb.
His accountancy graduate son, Mohammed Zunaid Hoque (25), who was a part-time deliveryman for the meat wholesalers involved said "Justice has been done" and those responsible have been rightly convicted. He said he and his father had "no idea" a meat fraud existed until their arrest.
Mr Hoque junior added that as a Muslim he was particularly "disgusted" that anyone could pass off halal lamb as non-halal turkey.
A jury at Leicester Crown Court found the father and son, from Oadby, not guilty of all charges, which they denied any involvement in from the outset.
However, the boss of the now defunct Peterborough-based meat suppliers, Dutch Bangla Direct Ltd, Mahmudur Rohman, was found guilty of all allegations levelled against him, as was his businessman friend, Kamal Rahman.
As Mr Hoque and his son celebrated their acquittal outside, sentencing against Rohman and Rahman was adjourned to April 11, pending the preparation of pre-sentence reports.
