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Prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds and illegal taking of interest, in two separate cases, the former socialist deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône Henri Jibrayel, 71, was sentenced on appeal on Tuesday to a total of five years imprisonment, including two years.
This sentence can be served at home under an electronic bracelet. The judges of the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal increased the sentences handed down, in 2020 and 2021, by the Marseille Criminal Court. He will also have to pay two fines totaling 40,000 euros. As in the first instance, the former elected, now retired from political life, was sentenced in both cases to a five-year ineligibility sentence.
Cassation
At the end of the hearing, the former deputy for the northern districts of Marseille announced his intention to appeal in cassation against the two judgments, to “demonstrate (his) honesty: “The presidents of the correctional court of Marseille and the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal declared that there was no personal enrichment, insisted the former deputy.
In the case of embezzlement of public funds, Henri Jibrayel was sentenced to two years in prison, including nine months, instead of one year, including six months, at first instance, for having played in the casino with funds paid by the National Assembly. . The former deputy (2007-2017) had recognized a gambling addiction before being banned from a casino at his request.
