Corrupt former French Minister jailed

Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas was jailed for six months today at the end of multi-million pound corruption trial that has enthralled the nation.

The 78-year-old former minister was charged with receiving illegal funds from the state-owned Elf Aquitaine oil company between 1989 and 1992 while he was foreign minister.

The Paris court also handed Dumas a two-year suspended sentence.