PARIS, May 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Court of Appeal of Paris, yesterday, upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, for corruption and influence peddling.
According to the court ruling, Sarkozy will only need to serve one year of house arrest, with an electronic bracelet, and his civil rights will be deprived for three years.
Right after the ruling, Sarkozy’s legal team announced that they would continue to appeal at the highest court.
Sarkozy served as French President from 2007 to 2012. He was sentenced in Mar, 2021, to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling. It was the first time that a former president has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to prison in France.
He was convicted of attempting to bribe, through his then-lawyer, a magistrate, with a job offer in Monaco, for information about an investigation of his 2007 presidential campaign.– NNN-XINHUA
