PARIS: A French court will decide on Thursday whether Jerome Kerviel, the “rogue trader” who lost one of Europe’s biggest banks nearly five billion euros with wildly risky bets, can be freed from jail.

The Paris appeals court will rule on whether Kerviel, 37, can be released from a prison just south of the capital and placed under supervision with an electronic bracelet.

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