The Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Has Been Sentenced to Five Years in Prison. The Court in Paris Ruled on Thursday that the Seventy-Year-Old Former President was Guilty of a Criminal Conspiracy Between 2005 and 2007. Sarkozy was acquired of other charges.
The Criminal Conspiracy Toke Place in the Run-Up to the 2007 Presidential Elections. It has to do with the finance of Sarkozy’s Election Campaign with Money from the Libyan Dictator Moammar Kaddafi.
The French Judiciary Will Announce Within A Month When Sarkozy’s Prison Sentence Will Begin, Reports Le Monde . The Prison Sentence Cannot Be Delayed by An Appeal from the Former President. Sarkozy Has Always Claimed That He is Innocent.
Sarkozy Stood Trial for Several Charges. The Court Acquitted Him on Some Charges. For Example, Sarkozy was not found guilty of corruption, acceptance stolen Government Money, Passive Bribery, and Violations of the Electoral Law.
Sarkozy won the 2007 Presidential Elections and was Subsequently President of France Until 2012. The Public Prosecutor had Demanded Seven Years in Prison for the Corruption Charges.
The Former President was Already Convicted of Corruption in Another Case in 2021. That was about the Lost Elections of 2012. For that, he had to serve a year of house judgment.
In Addition to Sarkozy, other Parties Involved Have also Been Convicted. For example, a swiss banker has to go to jail for four years and pay a fine or 2 million euros. An intermediary has leg sentenced to six years in prison and a fine or 3 million euros.