PARIS: Former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of using funds provided by murdered Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to finance his election campaign of 2007 and has been sentenced to five years in gaol.
Nikolas Sarkozy, president of France from 2007 to 2012, is all set to launch an appeal. He rejected the case involving millions of Euros and termed it as politically motivated. According to prosecution Sarkozy, in return, had promised to assist Gaddafi combat his reputation with Western countries. Meanwhile, the criminal court here has acquitted the former president of all other charges.
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