Hubert Falco has "totally flouted" his duty of exemplarity, ruled the court of Marseille. The mayor of Toulon was sentenced to three years in prison suspended and five years of ineligibility.
The court accused Mr. Falco of having continued to have lunch for free for years in the cafeteria of the Departmental Council, while he had not been president for more than ten years. The prosecutor had described this case as a "real scandal" The confiscation of a sum of 55,000 euros seized from his account was also pronounced.