One year in prison for Nicolas Sarkozy – He will serve his sentence at home

A former French president has been sentenced to one year in prison by a French court. Nicolas Sarkozy. He can serve this sentence at home, according to what Reuters reports.

Earlier, it was reported that Sarkozy was found guilty regarding the case of illegal financing of the failed 2012 election campaign.

According to the indictment, Nicolas Sarkozy had allowed spending to increase despite multiple clear warnings about the risk of exceeding the ceiling and “undoubtedly” benefited from the fraud that allowed him to have “much higher means” at his disposal. what the law allowed: at least 42.8 million in total, ie almost double the then legal limit (22.5 million euros).

The former head of state was absent from the Paris court when the verdict was read.

It is noted that Sarkozy sentenced on March 1 to three years in prison, one of them without parolefor corruption and undue influence in the so-called “spying” case.

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