Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy jailed for corruption



 A Paris court on Monday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to one year in prison and two years in prison on charges of corruption and abuse of power.


Sarkozy is currently 66 years old. He served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. He was also convicted of illegally trying to obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 about a legal process in which he was involved.

The court ruled that Sarkozy could apply to be placed in a house with an "electronic ring".Sarkozy will face another trial this month, along with 13 others, in connection with the use of illicit financial resources during the 2012 presidential campaign.

This is the first case in modern French history in which a former president has had to appear in court on corruption charges. His predecessor, Jacques Schroeder, was sentenced in 2011 to two years in prison after being found guilty of embezzling public funds while he was mayor of Paris.

Prosecutors have named two other people with him in the case, including his friend and lawyer Thierry Herzong, 65, and retired Magistrate Gilbert Azibert, 74. Both have denied the allegations against them.

The lawsuit is based on a phone call made in February 2014. At the time, an investigating magistrate had launched an inquiry into financial irregularities in the 2007 presidential election campaign. Meanwhile, a mobile phone conversation between Sarkozy and Herzong was intercepted. In the conversation, Sarkozy and Herzog promised Azibert that if he leaked information about another lawsuit against Laurel, France's richest woman, he could be offered a job in Monaco in return.

Sarkozy categorically denied the allegations, telling the court that as a politician, he had been helping people a little bit and had nothing to do with the incident.

Sarkozy has distanced himself from practical politics after failing to get his party's nomination for the 2017 presidential election.

Sarkozy, along with 13 others, faces another charge of illegally using large sums of money during the 2012 presidential campaign, which is due to be heard later this month.

The lawsuit alleges he spent more than 50 million on his campaign, more than double the limit.

Another lawsuit was filed against him in 2013, alleging that he illegally took millions of dollars from then-Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 election campaign. However, Sarkozy denies the allegations.

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