Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges.
According to international media reports, a French court has sentenced the former president to life in prison on charges of corruption and unlawful influence.
Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, has a two-year suspended sentence and will not be sent to prison for the time being.
Nicolas Sarkozy will complete his sentence at home, during which time he will appeal against the decision, for which he has begun consulting legal experts.
Nicolas Sarkozy is accused of offering a job to a magistrate. He had offered to promote the magistrate to a higher post in exchange for intelligence.
