Ex-Israeli PM Olmert is convicted
10:41 • 10.07.12
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been found guilty of corruption by a court in Jerusalem.
Mr Olmert was cleared on two other counts, BBC reports.
He was plagued during his three years in office by a string of corruption scandals, and resigned in February 2009.
The charges related to his time when he was a mayor, then cabinet minister before he became prime minister in 2006. He denied all the accusations.
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