The Paris home of French presidential candidate Francois Fillon was raided by police today – as he prepared to make a campaign speech 450 miles away. Mr Fillon faces prison over a burgeoning fake jobs scandal involving his British-born wife Penelope. The couple, both 62, have been summoned before a judge where they face being indicted for a range of charges including embezzlement, which is punishable with 10 years in prison. Judicial police working to the examining magistrates today entered Mr Fillon’s Paris flat and ‘gathered evidence’ connected to the case, according to an investigating source. Mr Fillon was meanwhile in the southern city of Nimes, preparing to speak at an election meeting tonight. It is thought that staff let detectives into the Paris flat, as Ms Fillon is thought to be permanently based on the family’s country estate.

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