'The truth is that there wasn't a single cent of Libyan money in my campaign,' former French president Nicolas Sarkozy told the appeal trial. A lower court in September found him guilty of seeking to acquire funding from Muammar Gaddafi's Libya for the campaign.

L'ex presidente alla sbarra ribadisce la sua innocenza. Presente anche Carla Bruni (ANSA)

PARIS: France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy maintained his innocence on Tuesday, telling an appeal hearing in Paris that not a single cent from Libya helped fund his 2007…