Sarkozy sentenced to one-year house arrest in campaign financing case

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy (Mike Egerton/PA)

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been convicted and sentenced to one year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid, will appeal the ruling, his lawyer has said.

The court said Sarkozy would be allowed to serve the one-year sentence at home by wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet.