Former French presidentNicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to 5 years in prison for criminal association, becoming the first former French president to be sentenced to prison. His former interior ministersBrice Hortefeux and Claude Guéant are sentenced to two years and six years of house arrest under electronic tagging respectively, due to a French law allowing prison sentences equal or inferior to 2 years to be converted in another sentences, and to Guéant's health issues.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to 5 years in prison for criminal association, becoming the first former French president to be sentenced to prison. His former interior ministers Brice Hortefeux and Claude Guéant are sentenced to two years in prison and six years of house arrest respectively, convertible due to Guéant's health issues.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to 5 years in prison for criminal association, becoming the first former French president to be sentenced to prison. His former interior ministers Brice Hortefeux and Claude Guéant are sentenced to two years and six years of house arrest underelectronictaggingrespectively, duetoaFrenchlawallowingprisonsentencesequalorinferiorto2yearstobe convertedinanothersentences,and to Guéant's health issues.