An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son, Omri Sharon, to nine months in jail, nine months probation, and a 300,000 shekels (67, 000 U.S. dollars) fine on corruption charges linked to fund- raising activities for his father's 1999 campaign for the Likud party leadership.

However, Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court Judge Edna Bankenstein postponed his entry into jail for six months to let him spend time with his coma-striken father, Jerusalem Post reported.

Under a deal reached with prosecution at the start of his trial last November, Omri, who was at the time a Likud legislator, admitted to charges of falsifying corporate documents, lying under oath and violating the party funding law.

According to the indictment, Omri accepted money from Israeli and foreign corporations in excess of six million shekels (1.3 million U.S. dollars) between July 1999 and February 2000.

The law stipulates candidates can accept donations up to a limit of 826,000 thousand shekels (184,000 U.S. dollars).

Besides, in 2002, Sharon's sons, Omri and Gilad, received a 1.5 million dollars loan, originating in Austria, to pay back illegal contributions to Sharon's 1999 Likud primary campaign.

Source: Xinhua