Sarkozy Facing 5 Years in Jail in Qaddafi Conspiracy Trial

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a five-year jail term for criminal conspiracy at a trial over allegations aides and political allies covertly sought funding from the late Moammar Qaddafi’s regime before his election in 2007.

While the Paris Criminal Court also cleared him of charges of embezzlement of Libyan funds, corruption and illegal campaign financing, judges decided that Sarkozy’s pledge to appeal wouldn’t lift the execution of the sentence. Agence France-Presse said that he’s due to be summoned within a month to learn the start of his jail term.