Peru: Fujimori dømt for korruption

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Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who is already serving three concurrent prison sentences has been sentenced to six years in jail for corruption by a court in Lima, informs BBC News Thursday.

During the trial, Fujimori, 71, admitted that he had illegally tapped the phones of journalists, businessmen and opposition politicians.

Fujimori, who led Peru from 1990 to 2000, returned from exile in late 2007 to face a number of charges.

In April this year, he was sentenced to 25 years in jail for ordering the security forces to carry out killings and kidnappings.