Share:PARIS - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally funding his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign. He will not be jailed, however, and can serve his sentence at home with an electronic bracelet, the court ruled. In the latest trial, Mr Sarkozy was accused with 13 other defendants over their role in the so-called “Bygmalion” scandal. It is the latest legal challenge for Mr Sarkozy, who served a five-year term as president from 2007. Earlier this year he was given a suspended prison sentence for trying to bribe a Judge in 2014.

Source: The Nation October 01, 2021 04:41 UTC