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The Seoul Central District Court was delivering its verdict on charges against Lee, 49, ranging from bribery to perjury in a scandal that led to the ouster in March of the then president, Park Geun-hye.
Lee, who denied wrongdoing, has been in detention since February.
A lawyer for Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee said on Friday the defence team could not accept a court ruling to jail Lee for five years for bribery and will appeal against the decision.
“We are confident the ruling will be overturned,” lawyer Song Wu-cheol told reporters after the ruling by the Seoul Central District Court.
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