BOGOTA (Reuters) -A Colombian court on Tuesday struck down former president Alvaro Uribe’s conviction for bribery, in a case over alleged witness-tampering that saw the influential right-wing politician handed a 12-year house arrest sentence earlier this year.

The court is still set to decide on appeals over a second charge of fraud and the status of Uribe’s sentence.

(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta)

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