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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michel Rose

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy begins five-year prison sentence

Nicolas Sarkozy Prison
  • Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has begun a five-year prison sentence at La Sante prison in Paris.
  • His incarceration follows a conviction for conspiring to illegally raise campaign funds from Libya for his 2007 presidential campaign.
  • Sarkozy is the first former French leader to be jailed since Marshal Philippe Petain after the Second World War.
  • Despite appealing the conviction, he was required to begin his sentence immediately due to a 'provisional execution' order.
  • Sarkozy maintains his innocence, claiming he is a victim of “revenge and hatred”, and will be held in isolation within the prison.

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Nicolas Sarkozy becomes first French leader to go to prison since WWII

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