US EditionFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy to be released from prison pending appeal
- On Monday, a Paris appeals court decided to release Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, from La Santé prison and place him under judicial supervision after reviewing his request.
- Convicted in September, Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, began serving a five-year sentence on Oct. 21, jailed less than three weeks before his appeal hearing.
- The court discussed conditions including possible electronic tag, bail and regular check‑ins, and imposed a ban on leaving French territory.
- If granted, Sarkozy could leave La Santé prison within hours but remains subject to an appeal trial next year and an investigation into accessory to witness tampering.
- Sarkozy denies wrongdoing and said he never asked Moammar Gadhafi for financing; he spoke from La Santé by video, faced death threats from inmates who vowed to `avenge Gaddafi`, and his wife Carla Bruni‑Sarkozy and two sons attended the hearing.
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Former French president Sarkozy released from prison pending appeal in conspiracy case
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy departed a Paris prison Monday after a Paris appeals court granted him release under judicial supervision, less that three weeks after he began serving a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya.
Nicolas Sarkozy came out of the prison of Santé. The appeal of the former President of the French Republic, sentenced to five years in first instance by an enforceable judgment, was received after 20 days...
France's ex-President Sarkozy was released from prison on appeal and the conditions and reactions in the country provide for discussion. "For Sarkozy, time in prison was a nightmare," says French journalist Cécile Calla at WORLD TV.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (70), who had been incarcerated in a Paris prison since October after being convicted in connection with the financing of the French presidential election, was released on the 10th. AFP and other news agencies reported that he may be imprisoned again depending on the outcome of his appeal.
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