15/12/2011 17:39
Jacques Chirac got two-year suspended prison sentence
A French court has given former President Jacques Chirac a two-year suspended prison sentence for diverting public funds and abusing public trust, the BBC reports.
President from 1995 to 2007, he was put on trial on charges that dated back to his time as mayor of Paris.
He was accused of paying members of his Rally for the Republic (RPR) party for municipal jobs that did not exist.