A 76-year-old Frenchman was found guilty on Wednesday of threatening a judge who barred French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for president in 2027, and he was handed an eight-month suspended sentence.

The far-right French politician was a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, but has now been barred from running for public office for five years.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on her seeking public office for embezzlement.