French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libyan campaign-financing trial
Nicolas Sarkozy jailed over Libyan dictator funding
- Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy by a Paris court and sentenced to five years in prison.
- The conviction relates to accusations that Sarkozy received illegal campaign funds from the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign.
- He was acquitted of other charges, 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.
- He has previously been convicted of corruption and influence peddling and illegal campaign financing in separate cases.