Park becomes the third former S Korean leader to be convicted on criminal charges; several people protested the decision. Pics/AFP

South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye has been jailed for 24 years for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule. The sentence followed a trial lasting more than 10 months, which ended with Park being found guilty on multiple criminal charges, including bribery and abuse of power.