{"id":400460,"date":"2017-07-12T18:34:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/12\/brazils-ex-president-lula-jailed-9yrs-on-corruption-charges\/"},"modified":"2017-07-12T18:34:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T18:34:26","slug":"brazils-ex-president-lula-jailed-9yrs-on-corruption-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/12\/brazils-ex-president-lula-jailed-9yrs-on-corruption-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil&#8217;s ex-President Lula jailed 9yrs on corruption charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison, court documents show.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood he will remain free pending an appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Lula has rejected claims he received a flat as a bribe in a corruption scandal linked to state oil company Petrobras.<\/p>\n<p>He says the trial is politically motivated and he has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>The case is the first of five charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>Lula served eight years as president until 2011 and has suggested he may run again in next year\u2019s elections for the left-wing Workers\u2019 Party.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a judge found him guilty of accepting bribes from engineering firm OAS in the form of a beachfront apartment in return for his help in winning contracts with the state oil company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison, court documents show. 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