France’s Ex-President Sarkozy Escapes Second Ankle Tag Sentence
An informed source said the former French president’s appeal in the Bygmalion case is ongoing after a court upheld a six-month term for overspending.
- Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will not serve his six-month Bygmalion sentence with an electronic ankle tag, an informed source said on Wednesday.
- France's top court upheld the six-month term last year, finding Sarkozy overspent on his failed 2012 re-election bid using the firm Bygmalion and attempted to cover it up.
- Sarkozy, 71, has faced various accusations since leaving office in 2012, receiving two definitive convictions in other cases while denying all allegations.
- Last year, he became France's first-ever president to go to jail, serving 20 days in a separate case related to alleged Libyan funding in his 2007 election campaign.
- His appeal trial regarding the Bygmalion case remains ongoing in Paris as legal proceedings continue against the former president.
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will not again carry an electronic anklet, after justice accepted a request for "conditional release" after his last firm conviction for benefiting from illegal financing, said Wednesday a source close to the case.
The Court approved the request of 71-year-old Sarkozy and granted the former President of France parole in the 2012 election campaign cost overrun case, as reported by Radio RTL.
France's ex-president Sarkozy escapes second ankle tag sentence
Nicolas Sarkozy will not serve time with an electronic ankle tag for corruption during illegal funding of his 2012 re-election bid. A source close to the case says the former French president's "advanced age" played a role in the decision.
The former president escapes the electronic bracelet. The judicial court in Paris granted his request for a "conditional release"
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