Prison sentence for former French leader

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to 3 years in prison with a 2-year suspension in the “wiretapping case” in which he was tried for corruption.

According to news from the public channel Franceinfo, the Paris Court of Appeal has issued its decision on the case in which Sarkozy was tried for corruption. Sarkozy was sentenced to 2 years suspended and 3 years in prison within the scope of the case.

The court ruled that Sarkozy should serve his prison sentence in electronic handcuffs at his home.
Sarkozy will also be deprived of his civil rights for 3 years and will not be elected in any election during this period.

Thierry Herzog, Sarkozy’s lawyer, and Judge Gilbert Azibert, who were tried in the same case, received the same sentence as Sarkozy. Herzog was banned from practicing law for 3 years.

In 2014, a lawsuit was filed against Sarkozy on the grounds that he “peddled influence and violated the principle of confidentiality of hearings” to obtain information about another judicial investigation launched against him. Nicolas Sarkozy was accused in this case of offering Judge Azibert a high position in Monaco to enter the investigative files of the L’Oreal scandal.

Prosecutors had issued a decision to hear Sarkozy and his lawyer. It was determined that Sarkozy leaked information from police and prosecutors within the scope of L’Oreal’s investigation during meetings with his lawyer Herzog. (AA)