US EditionEx-French President Sarkozy's 5-year jail term to start next week, RTL reports
- On October 21, 2025, Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy must report to La Santé prison in south Paris to begin his sentence.
- Paris judges convicted Nicolas Sarkozy, Former French President, on September 25, 2025 of criminal conspiracy tied to alleged Libyan funding of his victorious presidential campaign.
- Presiding judge Nathalie Gavarino described the offences as `exceptional gravity`, while Paris court judges acquitted Sarkozy of other charges citing no evidence of alleged Libyan funds enriching him.
- Extra security measures are expected, possibly placing Nicolas Sarkozy, Former French President, in a `VIP area` or unit for vulnerable prisoners at La Santé prison.
- A new trial is expected in the coming months and the Paris appeals court has up to 18 months to organise it, while Nicolas Sarkozy, Former French President, has filed a final appeal with France’s top court due late next month.
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Sarkozy set to become France’s first ever jailed ex-president
Nicolas Sarkozy is next week set to become the first former French president in the modern era to go to jail, following his conviction for taking part in a criminal conspiracy to seek covert funding from Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi. He was told on Monday by prosecutors that he would be incarcerated on October 21, according to BFM TV, which added that the former president would be held in the Paris prison of La Santé. The date was confi…
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dna.frFormer French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be incarcerated on 21 October at the Health Prison in Paris. Here is what we know about his conditions of detention.
Sarkozy Set to Become France’s First Ever Jailed Ex-President
Nicolas Sarkozy is next week set to become the first former French president in the modern era to go to jail, following his conviction for taking part in a criminal conspiracy to seek covert funding from Libya’s late dictator Moammar Qaddafi.
For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy will go to prison after being sentenced to five years for association with criminals in the alleged Libyan funding of the 2007 campaign.
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