US EditionEx-French President Sarkozy's 5-year jail term to start next week, RTL reports
- On October 21st, Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, will present himself at La Santé prison, Paris, to begin a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy tied to alleged Libyan funding of his 2007 presidential campaign.
- Prosecutors say Nicolas Sarkozy and close aides struck a 2005 deal with Muammar Gaddafi to seek illegal funding for his 2007 bid, while presiding judge Nathalie Gavarino called the offences of "exceptional gravity" and ordered incarceration.
- Sarkozy will become the first postwar French leader to serve jail time, and his lawyers can petition the appeals court for release, which has up to two months to rule after electronic tagging earlier this year.
- Because the sentence is provisionally enforceable, it will be carried out while appeals continue, and Nicolas Sarkozy has filed appeals up to France’s top court with a new trial expected in the coming months.
- Political allies and critics alike are watching as the former president prepares to report to prison; Nicolas Sarkozy has lost the Legion of Honour and hosted 100 friends in Paris last week.
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Former French President Sarkozy is reported to be in prison on 21 October in La Santé prison in Paris.
Sarkozy Ordered to Start Five-Year Prison Sentence
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving his prison sentence in Paris from October 21st. The 70-year-old will be incarcerated at La Santé prison, making him the first post-war French leader—and the first former head of a European Union member state—to serve jail time. Sarkozy was sentenced last month to five years in prison, after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy, after allegations that Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi …
By José Ataman, CNN As former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy has been behind many closed doors for the average French citizen. On October 21, when the cold steel of his cell door echoes behind him, he will be in a room few would wish to enter. The former French leader was convicted in September of criminal conspiracy in what the court said was a scheme to finance his 2007 presidential campaign with Libyan funds in exchange for diplomatic f…
Here’s what awaits ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy behind bars
As a former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy has been behind many doors closed to the average French citizen. As he heads to prison next week, here’s what he can expect in a place few want to enter.
The French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be sentenced to imprisonment in a prison in Paris beginning on 21 October, they have declared the source of information for AFP months after a court sentenced him to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy, according to France24. The article of President Nicolas Sarkozy will enter prison on 21 October. This sentence has been released for the first time in Romania TV.
French ex-president Sarkozy to go to prison on October 21st
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will serve jail time at a Paris prison from October 21st, informed sources told AFP on Monday, after a court last month sentenced him to five years behind bars for criminal conspiracy.
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