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Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at court in Paris ahead of being tried on corruption charges. One week after a false start, following a request for dismissal on health grounds, the trial resumes. IMAGES
France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at court in Paris where he is on trial for corruption. He becomes the first French ex-head of state in the dock, risking a humiliating end to a career tainted by legal woes. Sarkozy's lawyer Thierry Herzog also appears in this case. Opened on Monday, the trial was immediately suspended because of the state of health of the former high magistrate Gilbert Azibert, 73, and his absence, in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic. IMAGES
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at court in Paris where he is to be questioned in a so-called "wiretapping" case. The 65-year-old former head of state has been present since the first day of this unprecedented trial, during which he is being tried for corruption and influence-peddling alongside his lawyer Thierry Herzog and former high-ranking magistrate Gilbert Azibert. IMAGES
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Paris courthouse, where the criminal court is due to hand down its verdict in the so-called "wiretapping" case. The former head of state is accused of corruption and influence peddling offences, which he denies. IMAGES
Paris, Nov 23 (EFE), (Camera: Mohammed Badra).- The historic corruption trial against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was postponed just moments after it began on Monday, after a request by the lawyers of one of the defendants, Judge Gilbert Azibert, because of his poor state of health.The presiding judge ordered a medical examination of the defendant that must be delivered before Thursday, when the trial is scheduled to reopen in which Sarkozy is facing a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a million euro fine if he is found guilty.Sarkozy, who presided over France from 2007 to 2012, is the first former French president to sit in the dock for a case of possible corruption and influence peddling that was uncovered by wiretap.FOOTAGE OF THE COURT.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Paris courthouse to hear the verdict of the appeal trial in the 'Bygmalion' case. Sarkozy was previously sentenced to a year in prison for illegal financing of his 2012 presidential campaign. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy is back at Paris Court House this Friday to answer questions in his appeal trial about illegal campaign financing during his 2012 failed re-election bid. The Former head of state was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 2021 in what has been dubbed the "Bygmalion case". Conservative Sarkozy has faced a litany of legal problems since his one term in office from 2007 until 2012, and has been charged separately with corruption, bribery, influence-peddling, and breaking campaign financing laws. IMAGES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in a Paris court as his appeal hearing opens against a conviction for illegal campaign financing in a failed 2012 re-election bid. IMAGES
For the first time since the opening of the Bygmalion trial, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is present at the hearing. Questioned about excessive spending before the 2012 presidential election, he defended himself from having led a lavish campaign. 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
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