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French court upholds Sarkozy’s sentence in graft case, must wear electronic tag

South China Morning Post

23-05-17 09:01


Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has had his three-year sentence, which he received in March 2021, for corruption and influence peddling upheld by a French appeal court, which also maintained that he should be held under house arrest with an electronic bracelet and banned from public office for three years. Sarkozy, who has always denied the charges, plans to appeal the current decision with France’s highest appeal court, the Court of Cassation. The so-called Bismuth case is one of several legal cases pursuing Sarkozy, who also faces a retrial in November 2023 on allegations of illegal campaign financing. Former French President Jacques Chirac is the only former French President to have been convicted in a criminal trial.

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3220871/french-court-upholds-ex-president-nicolas-sarkozys-3-year-jail-term-corruption-case-must-wear