Faulty breast implant boss jailed
A court in Marseille has jailed Jean-Claude Mas, the head of a French company which sold 300,000 faulty PIP breast implants, for four years.
Five executives sentenced for faulty PIP implants
Four other executives responsible for selling PIP breast implants, were sentenced alongside the company's founder and long-time chief executive Jean-Claude Mas.
The four received sentences between one and a half and three years in prison, some of it suspended, and ordered to pay fine.
"It's a strong signal. This decision is what victims were waiting for," said one of their lawyers, Philippe Courtois.
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