Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for corruption and influence peddling has been upheld by France's highest court. Sarkozy will wear an electronic bracelet for one year instead of serving a full prison sentence. His lawyer announced plans to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
The Cour de Cassation, France 's highest court, upheld on Wednesday former president Nicolas Sarkozy 's conviction for corruption and influence peddling. Sarkozy had appealed against the 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling, in which he had been handed a three-year prison sentence. Two of the years were suspended and Sarkozy would wear an electronic monitoring bracelet instead of going to prison for the last year.
Patrice Spinosi, lawyer for Sarkozy, said Sarkozy would appeal to the European Court for Human Rights to challenge the ruling. 'The challenge that I will be bringing to the European Court of Human Rights may, alas, lead to a condemnation against France,'Spinosi added Sarkozy would comply with the ruling which forces him to wear an electronic bracelet but would continue to use all legal means available to him to prove his innocence.Sarkozy, a conservative who remains an important figure in French politics even after leaving office in 2012, had been found guilty by a lower court of trying to bribe a judge and of peddling influence in exchange for confidential information about a probe into his 2007 campaign finances. The court found that Sarkozy conspired to secure a job in Monaco for a judge in exchange for inside information about an investigation into allegations that Sarkozy had accepted illegal payments from L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencour
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