Former French president sentenced to one year in prison for illegal campaign financing-UPDATED

ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy

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# 30 September 2021 14:10 (UTC +04:00)

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to a year in prison after being found guilty of the illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid, APA reports citing Independent.

The 66-year-old, who led France from 2007 to 2012 was found guilty on Thursday of spending nearly twice the maximum legal amount during the contest - which he ended up losing to Socialist Francois Hollande.

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A court in Paris found ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of illegal campaign financing in his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid, APA reports citing Sputnik.

The judge is continuing to read out the verdict. The punishment has not yet been announced. The former French president did not come to court to witness the announcement of the verdict. He is represented in court by his lawyer Thierry Herzog.

The court hearings in this case were held from 20 May to 22 June. Sarkozy came to them only once to testify, according to the French media.

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