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Lula convicted of accepting a seaside apartment as a bribe from Brazilian construction company
Authorities allege that Lula along with Senator Gleisi Hoffmann were given access to a $40 million slush fund in 2010
Justice Marco Aurelio accepts a request by right-wing PEN party
A crowd mobbed his car, shouting, "Don't surrender, stay here Lula!"
Scores of leftist activists swarm around his car and block the gate at the metalworkers' union building
Lula, a two-term former president is said to leads in polls ahead of the October 7 presidential election
More than 5,000 judges and prosecutors sent the Supreme Court a petition for Lula to be imprisoned immediately
Court showdown sents tension soaring in Latin America's biggest country