Paris (AFP)
Former French Prime Minister François Fillon was sentenced on Monday to 5 years in prison, 2 of which closes in a fictitious jobs case which derailed his presidential campaign in 2017.
The Paris Criminal Court, which did not issue a warrant, attached this sentence to a fine of 375,000 euros and a ten-year ineligibility penalty.
His wife Penelope was sentenced to three years suspended prison sentence and 375,000 euros fine and two years ineligibility.
The Fillon spouses and their co-defendant Marc Joulaud, the former substitute for François Fillon in the Sarthe department, were also ordered to reimburse more than one million euros to the National Assembly.
The Fillon spouses indicated that they were appealing this conviction.
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