Nicolas Sarkozy

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Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to prison for corruption and influence peddling
Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to prison for corruption and influence peddling
Credit: By European People's Party - EPP Summit 14 December 2006 / via Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)

The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was found guilty of having tried to obtain confidential information about him from a magistrate, and to obtain a dismissal in an older case.

He has been sentenced to 3 years in prison (1 year custodial and 2 non-custodial).

He can still appeal against this conviction.