Former French president receives historic sentence

The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against his conviction for influence-peddling and corruption.

The decision means that his original sentence of three years in jail - with two years suspended - will stand, though the ex-president's legal team says they will launch a new appeal in the country's highest court.

Ross Cullen reports.

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