On Wednesday December 18, the Court of Cassation delivered its verdict in the wiretapping case involving Nicolas Sarkozy. She definitively sentenced the former President of the Republic to one year in prison, under an electronic bracelet.
The sentence fell and Nicolas Sarkozy lost his fight. On Wednesday, December 18, the Court of Cassation definitively sentenced the former President of the Republic to one year in prison in the telephone tapping affair, also called the “Paul Bismuth” affair, reports franceinfo. Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling, including one year under an electronic bracelet. To this sentence are added three years of ineligibility.
The defense of Nicolas Sarkozy, who will be 70 years old on January 28, could request conditional release, as provided for by law for septuagenarians. In a press release, Patrice Spinosi, lawyer for Nicolas Sarkozy, indicated that his client “will obviously comply with the sanction pronounced”. However, he “will refer the matter to the European Court in the coming weeks”.
Nicolas Sarkozy denounces a “profound injustice”
In addition to this decision, from January 6, the former President of the Republic must appear for four months before the Paris court in the case of suspicion of Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. In this case, he faces ten years in prison and five years of ineligibility for passive corruption, illegal financing of an electoral campaign, criminal association and concealment of embezzlement of Libyan public funds.
On X, formerly Twitter, Nicolas Sarkozy reacted to his conviction. “I am not decided to accept the profound injustice done to me”he wrote. “I want to reiterate my perfect innocence and remain convinced of my rights. My determination is total on this case as on the others”he added.
published on December 18 at 3:11 p.m., Caroline Frühauf, 6Medias
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