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Former French prime minister François Fillon and his wife Penelope arrive at the Paris courthouse for their appeal trial against a conviction for fraud. The 2017 presidential hopeful was last year sentenced to five years in prison, three of them suspended, for orchestrating a fake job for his wife, who received a suspended three-year sentence. IMAGES
François Fillon and his wife Penelope arrive at the courtroom of the Paris court. The judge must rule whether he will make his judgment or reopen the trial to shed light on possible "pressure" during the investigation into his wife's suspected fictitious employment, following a request from the former Prime Minister's lawyers. IMAGES
French former prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope leave the court in Paris after the first day of their trial for claims they embezzled over one million euros in an alleged fake-jobs fraud. The eagerly-awaited trial of the former presidential hopeful and his wife had been due to start Monday but the court granted their request to delay the opening until Wednesday in solidarity with the lawyers' strike. (COMPLETES VIDI1PC22Z_EN) IMAGES
French former prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope arrive in court in Paris over claims they embezzled over one million euros in an alleged fake-jobs fraud. The eagerly-awaited trial of the former presidential hopeful and his wife had been due to start Monday but the court granted their request to delay the opening until Wednesday in solidarity with the lawyers' strike. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the courtroom after the Paris court of appeal lightened a one-year prison sentence for the former French president over illegal campaign financing, saying he needed to spend only half that time behind bars. But while lighter than the original sentence, Wednesday's ruling was still harsher than the one-year suspended sentence that prosecutors called for. IMAGES