Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty on Thursday of criminal conspiracy but cleared of corruption charges in the long-running case over suspected Libyan funding of his 2007 campaign.
Presiding judge Nathalie Gavarino told the Paris criminal court that as minister and president of the UMP, a centre-right party, Sarkozy had "allowed his close associates and political supporters – over whom he had authority and who were acting on his behalf" to approach the Libyan authorities.
