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Mike Lynch: I only got justice because I'm rich

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Mike Lynch was acquitted of 17 charges relating to the sale of his tech company, Autonomy, to US firm Hewlett-Packard in June .

He says he was only able to prove his innocence in a US court because he was rich enough to pay the enormous legal fees involved.

Mr Lynch was facing two decades in jail if had been convicted of the 17 charges he faced.

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78

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informal

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English

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37

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short-lived

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