The former LR mayor of Corbeil-Essonnes was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for buying votes and illegal financing of the electoral campaign, during the partial municipal elections of 2009 and 2010. He is also sentenced to 5 years of ineligibility .
Jean-Pierre Bechter, former LR mayor of Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne) and ex-right hand of Serge Dassault, was sentenced Thursday in Paris to two years in prison for buying votes and illegal financing of the electoral campaign, during the elections municipal partial 2009 and 2010.
The criminal court also sentenced two former deputies to the town hall as well as three men considered to be intermediaries in the electoral corruption system to terms ranging from one to two years in prison.
All the defendants are also sentenced to 5 years of ineligibility.