The former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozywas sentenced this Wednesday to one year in prison for corruption and influence peddling, for which he will have to carry an electronic bracelet for a year, although he will not have to go to jail.
He Court of Cassation rejected his appeal, so the sentence is final in this case. In addition to prison, he was also sentenced to three years of disqualification.
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This is the first final conviction of Sarkozy, 69, president between 2007 and 2012and that “obviously he will comply,” said his lawyer, Patrice Spinosi, although he assured that after this “sad day” he will take the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Sarkozy was sentenced in the first instance on March 1, 2021 and then, on appeal, on May 17, 2023.
According to justice, former president Nicolas Sarkozy and his lawyer Thierry Herzog In 2014, they sealed a “corruption pact” with Gilbert Azibert, a judge at the Court of Cassation.
The objective was for Azibert to try to influence an appeal that Sarkozy had presented in another case of alleged illegal donations to his party, which was later abandoned.
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All three received the same sentence, and the lawyer will have banned from practicing for three years.
Despite his legal problems, Nicolas Sarkozy continues to have influence in French politics and has met several times with the current president of France, Emmanuel Macron.
(With information from AFP)
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