Molnár and Lakos both denied the charges right from the start and insisted that the legal procedure that started in 2010, when the general election was held, had been politically motivated. The prosecutor appealed a Sept. 2012 court acquittal.

The Budapest court of appeals then sentenced Molnár to eight months in prison for abuse of office during his term as mayor and handed Imre Lakos a six-month suspended prison sentence in October last year.

It also fined them several million forints and barred Molnár from public office for two years. Molnár, in response, referred to the first ruling, and stressed that the charges were unfounded as no financial loss had been caused and the entire sale process had been conducted according to the letter of the law.

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