Former French Prime Minister and Republican nominee for the 2017 presidential election, François Fillon, was sentenced this Monday (9) to four years in prison, one of which is without parole, for his fictitious job as deputy deputy for his wife Penelope. He was a deputy.
In addition to the prison sentence, the former head of government will have to pay a fine of 375,000 euros and will be sentenced to 10 years in prison. His wife, on the other hand, was sentenced to 2 years in prison, a fine of 375,000 euros and a ban of 2 years by the Paris Court of Appeal.
Marc Joulaud, a former Member of the French Parliament and MP for Fillon, was sentenced in turn to three years on probation and between two and five years in ban.
Shortly after the court’s decision, the lawyers of the former French prime minister announced that they would appeal the three decisions to the Supreme Court.
Penelope’s fictitious business scandal scuttled Fillon’s candidacy for president in the 2017 Elysee race, thus bolstering the emergence and subsequent decisive victory of current president Emmanuel Macron.
source: Noticias
