Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years of prison

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years of prison, found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libyan campaign-financing trial
The former French president had been accused of receiving funds from the late dictator Muammar Gaddafi


Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case in which he was accused of receiving illegal campaign funds from the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Sarkozy, 70, was, however, acquitted on Thursday of the remaining charges laid against him, including receiving stolen goods, embezzlement of public funds, and passive corruption.
Sarkozy, who was president of France from 2007 to 2012, had always denied the charges and dismissed the allegations as politically motivated.