French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy receives one-year HOUSE ARREST for illegal campaign financing
Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of illegal campaign
financing in France
Court found he spent almost double the allotted £19.5million
on his unsuccessful reelection bid against Francois Hollande before PR firm
covered it up
He has been sentenced to a year in jail, which judge said he
can serve at home
Comes six months after he was found guilty of trying to
bribe a judge, and sentenced to three years with one year of jail time. He is
appealing both cases
Nicolas Sarkozy, France's former president, has been handed
a year-long sentence after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing in
the 2012 election.
But a judge at Paris's Correctional Court said the
66-year-old, who held office from 2007 to 2012, does not have to go to jail and
can serve his term from home by wearing an ankle bracelet.
Prosecutors had been asking for at least six months of
actual jail time for Sarkozy, along with a six month suspended sentence. His
legal team have filed an appeal, which effectively suspends the sentence until
their case is heard.
There was no immediate reaction from Carla Bruni, Sarkozy's
wife, who has staunchly defended him against corruption allegations in the
past.
Source Dailymail.com
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