Le Pen sentenced to four years in JAIL and BANNED from elections

French National Rally leader has been banned from standing at the next after being found guilty of embezzlement.

Presiding Judge Bénédicte de Perthuis has sentenced Le Pen, 56, to a five-year ban from politics while handing her a £84,000 fine.

She has also been sentenced to four years in prison, two of which will be suspended. The remaining two may be spent with an electronic bracelet rather than in custody, but the presidential hopeful is likely to appeal the jail sentence, meaning the jail term and fine will be put on hold, with the ban taking place immediately.

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