Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption
by Kim Willsher in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#5ESG0)
Sarkozy found guilty of corruption and influence peddling but is unlikely to spend time in prison
A court has found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced the former French president to three years in prison with two of them suspended.
France's president from 2007 to 2012 was accused of forging a corruption pact" with his lawyer and a senior magistrate. Judges said there was serious evidence" of collaboration between the three men to break the law.
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