Patrick Balkany, 73, will be released on parole and must leave Fleury-Mérogis prison (Essonne) on Wednesday, his lawyers, Me Robin Bindard and Romain Dieudonné, told AFP on Monday May 30.
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The former mayor of Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine) was taken into custody on February 7.
After spending five months in detention for tax evasion, then being released on an electronic bracelet for health reasons, he returned to prison due to numerous breaches of his obligations, according to justice.
The Évry public prosecutor's office, which was unfavorable to this sentence adjustment, can appeal.
