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Panama City, Jul 21 (EFE).- The new trial against former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli for the case of political espionage during his term (2009-2014) started on Wednesday in Panama City. Martinelli, who arrived at court with his defense calling this new trial a “political hoax,” attended Wednesday's retrial, after two previous absences alleging health reasons.He faced a new trial for political espionage, in which the Prosecutor's Office requests the maximum penalty of 8 years in prison, for the crimes charged. The 69-year-old former president is accused of having intercepted the telecommunications of nearly 150 people, including businessmen, journalists, rival politicians and even his allies. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: FORMER PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT RICARDO MARTINELLI ARRIVES FOR HIS ESPIONAGE RETRIAL AND LEAVES A COURTHOUSE IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, president of the newspaper El Periodico, arrives at court in Guatemala City as it delivers its verdict in a controversial trial for alleged money laundering, racketeering, and influence peddling against the founder of a newspaper critical of the government, crimes for which the prosecution is seeking 40 years in prison. IMAGES
Former French President François Hollande arrives at the special court of assizes in Paris, behind panels to hide his arrival from the cameras, as he testifies as part of the Nice attack trial. IMAGES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his two co-defendants, Gilbert Azibert and Thierry Herzog, arrive at court in Paris on the last day of their trial in the "eavesdropping" case. Prosecutors in the landmark corruption trial call for him to be sentenced to a prison term of four years of which he should serve two. 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
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