A worker accused of "stealing" snacks worth less than a dollar in South Korea has finally been acquitted after a legal battle lasting nearly two years.

The logistics firm he was working for had filed a claim against him last year for taking a Choco Pie -- a popular South Korean snack -- and a mini custard worth 1,050 won (73 cents) from an office fridge last year.

Deeming the offence minor, prosecutors had filed a summary indictment, but the driver insisted he was innocent and requested a formal trial.

A court found him guilty and fined him 50,000 won -- around fifty times the value of what he had eaten.

But the worker immediately appealed, and finally won the legal challenge.

"The defendant was acquitted," an official from the Jeonju District Court told AFP Friday.

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