Former foreign minister Boris Johnson is the frontrunner to replace Theresa May as Britain's PM.

(File)LONDON: Judges at London's High Court on Friday threw out an attempt to prosecute Boris Johnson, the front-runner to succeed Theresa May as prime minister, for allegedly lying about Brexit.Last month, a judge said Johnson must appear in court over allegations he lied about Brexit by claiming during the 2016 rerferendum that Britain would be 350 million pounds a week better off outside the EU.But judges overturned that decision at a judicial review hearing.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)