Former French president Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption

Former French president Sarkozy
Former French president Sarkozy

French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption.

He was convicted of trying to bribe a judge in 2014 - after he had left office - by suggesting he could secure a prestigious job for him in return for information about a separate case. 

Sarkozy, 66, is the first former French president to get a custodial sentence. 

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