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| Brazil's ex-President Lula convicted of corruption | Brazil's ex-President Lula convicted of corruption |
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| 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. | 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. |
| The judge ruled he could remain free pending an appeal. | |
| Lula has rejected claims he received an apartment as a bribe in a corruption scandal linked to state oil company Petrobras. | |
| He says the trial is politically motivated and denies any wrongdoing. | |
| The case is the first of five charges against him. | |
| Lula served eight years as president until 2011 and has suggested he may run again in next year's elections for the left-wing Workers' Party. | |
| 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. | |
| The charges Lula faces all relate to the Car Wash scandal, the nickname for Brazil's biggest ever corruption probe. | |
| He is accused of bribery, money laundering, influence peddling and obstruction of justice. |