Breast implant scandal firm founder jailed

The founder of a French firm whose faulty breast implants sparked a global health scare was sentenced to four years in jail after being convicted of fraud.

Four other former executives of the now-defunct Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) were also convicted over a scandal that reverberated around the world.

PIP was revealed two years ago to have been systematically using industrial-grade rather than medically-approved silicone in its breast implants in order to cut costs and boost profits.