France ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy charged with corruption

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Former president Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, was found guilty by a French court on Monday of trying to bribe a judge and influence peddling, making him the second head of state in modern-day France to be convicted of corruption.

He was handed a three-year prison sentence after a court convicted him for trying to illegally influence a judge, but with two years suspended it is unlikely he will physically go to prison rather he’ll serve the sentence by wearing an electronic bracelet at home.

He is accused to have tried to illegally obtain information on an ongoing investigation into his campaign finances from a senior magistrate in 2014.

Sarkozy who was a president from 2007 to 2012 denied all the allegations against him in a 10-day trial that took place last year.

His lawyer Thierry Herzog, and the senior judge, Gilbert Azibert, also denied the allegations and were both handed the same sentence as the former president.

Nicholas Sarzoky
Nicholas Sarzoky

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