Nicolas Sarkozy case: three years in jail suspended for former French president in appeal trial

The French prosecutor’s office On Tuesday, he requested three years in prison suspended against the former president Nicolas Sarkozyin the appeal trial for the “eavesdropping” case, for which he was sentenced in March 2021 to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling.

This new sentencing request is less severe than the first instance rulingwhen three years were also requested but one firm and two suspended.

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Sarkozyat the head of France from 2007 to 2012, had become the first president sentenced to firm prison in a trial in which he denounced “infamies”.

“I am a former president of the Republic and I have never corrupted anyone”, had reiterated at the start of the trial in Paris. “I have come here to defend my honor that has been outraged”he added.

The former conservative president, 67, appealed the first sentence, as well as the other defendants, his lawyer Thierry Herzog and the former magistrate Gilbert Azibertwho received the same penalty.

The case goes back to the beginning of 2014, when the two telephones of Sarkozy They were under court hearing in another investigation into the alleged Libyan financing of their campaign in 2007.

The investigators then discovered the existence of a third telephone line under the pseudonym “Paul Bismuth”which served him to speak without fear of being heard with his lawyer and friend.

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According to the accusation, both thus organized a corruption pact with Azibert, prosecutor in the Court of Cassation, who would have offered his help in a case in exchange for a prestigious position in Monaco.

defense of Sarkozy He will argue starting on Wednesday and the process should end on Thursday night.

Sarkozy He is the second president under the Fifth Republic convicted by justice, after Jacques Chirac in 2011.

On November 8, 2023, the appeal trial of the Bygmalion case will also begin, for which he was sentenced in September 2021 to one year in prison for illegal financing of his 2012 campaign.

Sarkozy He is also charged in a case over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 campaign by Libyan hidden funds and is being investigated by the justice system for his consulting activities in Russia.

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Source: Elcomercio

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