The French Judiciary has sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to up to a year in prison for illegally funding his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign.
The 66-year-old has been proven guilty in a Paris court of spending tens of millions of euros more on his campaign than was permitted under the law.
Sarkozy was therefore guilty of illegal campaign funding, according to French Judiciary.
However, he will not be jailed and can serve his sentence at home with an electronic bracelet, the court ruled.
The former president of France, who denies any wrongdoing, described the ruling as an "injustice".
In response to this issue, Sarkozy said he would go "right to the end" to seek "truth and justice". Meanwhile, his lawyer added that he would appeal the verdict.
Notably, Sarkozy was given his first suspended jail sentence after he was convicted on charges of corruption in May.
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