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Paris: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to 6 months in prison for illegal spending during the 2012 election campaign.
According to ‘Dawn TV’ London, the French media say that the Paris Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of the former president and upheld the decision of the lower court. In its decision, the Court of Appeal agreed with the decision of the lower court that Nicolas Sarkozy This sentence of 6 months imprisonment will not be served in prison, his lawyer Vincent Desiry said that the former president will challenge this decision in the highest court of France. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was president of France from 2007 to 2012, is under house arrest on various charges of corruption.