Nicolas Sarkozy’s jail term halved in illegal campaign funds case
by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#6JMCS)
Sentence on hold after lawyer says former president will contest guilty verdict at France's highest court
The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been given a six-month jail term on appeal, after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing for the vast, showman-style political rallies of his 2012 re-election attempt.
The Paris court of appeal confirmed a lower court's guilty verdict for Sarkozy, who was convicted of hiding illegal overspending in the presidential election he lost to the Socialist candidate Francois Hollande.
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