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Sarkozy given 1-year jail term for illegally financing campaign

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Paris, Sep 30 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Mohammed Badra) Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was given a one-year prison sentence Thursday after he was found guilty of illegally financing his 2012 presidential election campaign.The court found that the former French head of state, who was in office between 2007 and 2012, benefitted from a double-accounting system put in place in order to exceed spending limits imposed by French law.FOOTAGE OF THE COURT IN PARIS.

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