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Added on the 01/03/2021 19:11:06 - Copyright : AFP EN
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
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
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
Several judicial police vehicles are parked outside the Paris home of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, as a search is underway following the retraction of accusations by intermediary Ziad Takieddine concerning the Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. 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