The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been given a one-year jail term after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing on his 2012 failed bid for re-election.
It's Sarkozy's second guilty verdict this year after being given a three-year prison sentence in March for corruption - a verdict he is appealing against.
From FSN's bureau in Paris, here's Ross Cullen.
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It's Sarkozy's second guilty verdict this year after being given a three-year prison sentence in March for corruption - a verdict he is appealing against.
From FSN's bureau in Paris, here's Ross Cullen.
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