France’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that former French president Nicolas Sarkozy must serve a one-year sentence at home wearing an electronic ankle monitor.
The Court of Cassation rejected the conservative politician’s appeal of a lower court’s conviction for corruption and influence-peddling.
The lower court had given him a three-year sentence. But two of the years were suspended, and Sarkozy would wear an electronic tag instead of going to prison for the last year.
The sentence is now final with Wednesday’s decision.
Sarkozy served as president from 2007 to 2012.
