A court ruling barring far-right politician Marine Le Pen from office for five years has reverberated across France and Europe.

A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a hammer blow to

The home address of Benedicte de Perthuis - the head of a three-judge panel that found Le Pen guilty of embezzling EU funds and handed her a five-year ban on seeking public office - was shared online after she delivered her ruling on Monday, the source said. She is now receiving police protection at work and at home.

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running in elections for five years.

Marine Le Pen, the front-runner to replace French President Emmanuel Macron in 2027, was found guilty of embezzlement by a Paris court.

French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen attends a party meeting in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon. File) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen reacts at the National Assembly before French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers his general policy speech meant to outline his top priorities,

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.

Le Pen, the National Rally and two dozen party figures were accused of diverting more than 4 million euros ($4.33 million) of European Parliament funds to