Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail

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A Paris courtroom on Monday discovered French former President Nicolas Sarkozy responsible of corruption and influence-peddling and sentenced him to 1 12 months in jail and a two-year suspended sentence.

The 66-year-old politician, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tried to illegally acquire info from a senior Justice of the Peace in 2014 a few authorized motion by which he was concerned.

The courtroom stated Sarkozy will probably be entitled to request to be detained at dwelling with an digital bracelet.

The courtroom stated the info had been “particularly serious” provided that they had been dedicated by a former president who used his standing to assist a Justice of the Peace who had served his private curiosity. In addition, as a former lawyer, he was “perfectly informed” about committing an unlawful motion, the courtroom stated.

Sarkozy’s two co-defendants had been additionally discovered responsible and given the identical sentence as Sarkozy.

Sarkozy will face one other trial later this month together with 13 different folks on prices of unlawful financing of his 2012 presidential marketing campaign.

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