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Former president Nicolas Sarkozy, summoned as a witness in the Elysée polls trial, leaves the Paris correctional court after less than an hour on the stand, where he refused to answer questions citing his presidential immunity. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the correctional court in Paris to testify in the trial of his former colleagues in the Elysée polling fraud trial, a case in which he is not being prosecuted because he is covered by his presidential immunity. Five aides and allies of the former president of France are accused of having misused public money and cronyism. IMAGES
Former French head of state Nicolas Sarkozy leaves court in Paris without saying a word, after being found guilty of corruption and handed a three-year prison sentence for trying to illegally influence a judge during his time in office. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy, his former lawyer Thierry Herzog and former senior magistrate Gilbert Azibert leave court after the National Financial Prosecutor's Office issued an indictment asking for four years in prison, two of them suspended, for the three accused in the so-called "wiretapping" case. (COMPLETES VIDEOS VIDI8WQ2ZY_EN, VIDI8WP6TK_EN, VIDI8WQ3EV_EN) IMAGES
Ex-French resident Nicolas Sarkozy, his former lawyer Thierry Herzog and former senior magistrate Gilbert Azibert arrive at the Paris court for another day of hearings in the "wiretapping" trial. Prosecutors say he and his lawyer Thierry Herzog tried to bribe judge Gilbert Azibert in return for information on a probe into claims Sarkozy had received illicit payments from late L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt during his 2007 presidential campaign. The state's case is based on wiretaps of conversations between Herzog and Sarkozy. IMAGES