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Nicolas Sarkozy, his former lawyer Thierry Herzog and former senior magistrate Gilbert Azibert leave court after the National Financial Prosecutor's Office issued an indictment asking for four years in prison, two of them suspended, for the three accused in the so-called "wiretapping" case. (COMPLETES VIDEOS VIDI8WQ2ZY_EN, VIDI8WP6TK_EN, VIDI8WQ3EV_EN) 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
Several judicial police vehicles are parked outside the Paris home of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, as a search is underway following the retraction of accusations by intermediary Ziad Takieddine concerning the Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. IMAGES
Paris, Mar 1 (EFE), (Camera: Martí Rodríguez).- Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday for corruption and influence peddling, making him the first former French president to be sentenced to prison.Two of the three years were suspended, the Paris Correctional Court said. The third year will be served under house arrest.Sarkozy was found guilty of attempting to bribe magistrate Gilbert Azibert, in exchange for information relating to a criminal investigation into the former president’s party.Sarkozy’s lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and Azibert were also found guilty and received the same sentence.FOOTAGE OF NICOLAS SARKOZY AT THE COURT IN PARIS.
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