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Paris court upholds Sarkozy jail sentence in corruption case

An appeal court on Wednesday upheld a three-year jail sentence - two of them suspended - which was handed in 2021 to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for corrupting a magistrate in order to receive information about a case he was implicated in.

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A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, reports FRANCE 24.

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