Former Israel PM Ehud Olmert given suspended sentence
JERUSALEM. September 24. KAZINFORM Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been fined $19,170 (£11,800) and given a one-year suspended sentence for breaching the public's trust.
Olmert was found guilty in July of illegally granting favours to a businessman while he was a minister.
He was cleared of corruption charges which forced him to resign in 2009, BBC reported.
Olmert is now eligible to run for parliament, though he remains barred from serving in the cabinet while he faces another corruption trial.
Officials in Jerusalem are alleged to have taken bribes during his term as the city's mayor, between 1993 and 2003, and under his successor, to speed up a controversial residential development, known as Holyland.
Olmert has denied any involvement in the multi-million dollar scandal.