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Franco-Malian singer Aya Nakamura and her former partner Vladimir Boudnikoff leave a court near Paris after their trial for mutual domestic violence. The court postponed its ruling until 23 February 2023. IMAGES
A court sketch shows French-Malian megastar Aya Nakamura (R) and her former partner Vladimir Boudnikoff (L) as they appear before a criminal court in Rosny-sous-Bois, a Paris suburb, over allegations of mutual domestic violence, just a day before her new album is released. IMAGES
"I have come here to answer the court to show my good faith" says French Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt as he arrives at the Paris court. On trial for alleged favouritism, Dussopt will have to explain how he passed on privileged information concerning a call for tenders for a contract worth €5.6 million to the water treatment group Saur at the end of the 2000s, when he was a member of the French parliament. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy is back at Paris Court House this Friday to answer questions in his appeal trial about illegal campaign financing during his 2012 failed re-election bid. The Former head of state was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 2021 in what has been dubbed the "Bygmalion case". Conservative Sarkozy has faced a litany of legal problems since his one term in office from 2007 until 2012, and has been charged separately with corruption, bribery, influence-peddling, and breaking campaign financing laws. IMAGES
Colombian superstar Shakira arrives at court as she goes on trial in Barcelona in a tax fraud case, with Spanish prosecutors seeking a jail term of over eight years for the Grammy-winning singer. They accuse the 46-year-old of defrauding the Spanish state of 14.5 million euros ($15.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014, charges denied by the singer who says she only moved to Spain full time in 2015. The case centres on how much time the singer, whose hit singles include "Hips Don't Lie", "Whenever, Wherever" and the 2010 World Cup song "Waka Waka", spent in Spain between 2012 and 2014. IMAGES
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