Lawyer cleared of money laundering

A solicitor wept as he was cleared of laundering proceeds from a £245m loan scam for corrupt bankers who blew a fortune on lavish holidays and high-class escorts. Roger Hawes, 56, socialised with crooked investment banker David Mills and holidayed on his 30-metre yacht named ‘The Powder Monkey.’ Hawes also jetted off to Barbados to join Mills’ wife’s 40th birthday celebrations. But the bespectacled lawyer was in tears today (weds) as he was cleared of concealing cash for senior HBOS…