Former French President Nicolas Sakozy has been found guilty of corruption over charges of trying to bribe a magistrate. The judge sentenced Sarkozy to 3 years in prison, with 2 years suspended.Judge Christine Mee, who presided over the case, stated that the 66-year-old former political leader had “used his status as former French president” in a “particularly serious” act of wrongdoing, as she handed down the sentence.Sarkozy was put on trial over accusations of trying to bribe Gilbert Azibert, a French magistrate, by offering him a well-paid job in Monaco in return for information into a criminal investigation into his political party at the time, the Union for a Popular Movement.The investigation was looking into claims that Sarkozy and his party had received illegally payments from businesswoman Liliane Bettencourt during his successful 2007 presidential campaign.
Ex French President Sarkozy sentenced to year in prison, plus 2 years suspended, for corruption
