A Paris court docket sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in jail on Thursday. The decision got here after the court docket discovered him responsible of felony conspiracy in his trial into accusations that the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped fund his victorious 2007 presidential.
The court docket ordered that Sarkozy ought to be positioned in custody at a later date, with prosecutors given one month to tell the previous head of state when he ought to go to jail.
Even when Sarkozy appeals the decision, this measure will stay in power.
