Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison.
The former president, 70, was found guilty of criminal conspiracy, but was cleared of all other charges in the trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi.
The court in Paris found him guilty of criminal conspiracy, but not guilty of passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, and concealing the embezzlement of public funds.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/former-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-found-guilty-of-conspiracy-in-gaddafi-finance-trial-13437795
#sarkozy #france #skynews
SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews
Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews
Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/
For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB
To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales
