T&G Senator prosecuted

Yves Collin is a Senator for Tarn and Garonne accused of using his position to get someone a job in exchange for 40000 euros, ostensibly to finance an election campaign. It is claimed that he did not honour the deal and even pocketed the money.

Yves Collin: photo Remi Gabalda/AFP

In a plot worthy of a Jeffrey Archer novel it is claimed that his rival, Jean-Michel Baylet (whom Collin beat in the 2014 Senatorial elections), used connections in the Montauban masonic lodge of which Collin and the supposed "corruptor" were both members to denounce the affair to the authorities.
The case is being heard in Lyon to avoid local bias and the prosecutor has demanded a sentence of 4 years in prison, with two suspended, and 30000 euro fine. The court has reserved judgement until 3rd November.
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