Top France court upholds Nicolas Sarkozy’s corruption conviction
Al Jazeera
Sarkozy’s lawyer says the former president plans to appeal the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights.
France’s highest court has upheld the 2021 conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of corruption and influence peddling.
The Court of Cassation issued its decision on Wednesday.
Sarkozy had appealed against the conviction, for which he had been handed a three-year prison sentence. Two of the years were suspended, and Sarkozy is to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet instead of going to prison for the remaining year.
Sarkozy’s lawyer Patrick Spinosi said that the former president plans to appeal the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights.
“The challenge that I will be bringing to the European Court of Human Rights may, alas, lead to a condemnation against France,” Sarkozy wrote on the social media platform X.
