Argentinian court sentences Vice President Cristina Kirchner to six years in jail and disqualifies her from holding public office in a high-profile corruption case
An Argentinian court has found Vice President Cristina Kirchner guilty of corruption, sentencing her to six years in jail and banning her from holding public office for life.
A three-judge panel found the Peronist leader guilty of fraud but rejected a charge of running a criminal organisation, for which the sentence could have been 12 years in prison.Her supporters vowed to paralyse the country if she were convicted.
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