US EditionSarkozy prison date to be set. Here’s why the former French president will serve time despite appeal
- On Monday, Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France, was sentenced to prison for criminal conspiracy tied to Libya funding, with the Paris court making the term effective immediately.
- The Paris court found that Nicolas Sarkozy leveraged his official roles as candidate and interior minister to prepare corruption at the highest level, citing secret 2005 meetings between Claude Guéant, Brice Hortefeux, and Abdullah al-Senoussi.
- He is expected to spend an initial assessment period in an arrival area before moving to the so-called 'VIP area' for vulnerable personalities at La Santé prison, with a paid special phone and a cell equipped with basic amenities.
- The decision has reignited debate over immediate incarceration after high-profile convictions, as supporters of Sarkozy criticized the ruling since he remains presumed innocent while appealing and Sarkozy insists the court cleared him of other charges.
- Nicolas Sarkozy accused political opponents and Libyan-linked actors of a `plot` by the `Gadhafi clan`, claiming retaliation for his calls to remove Moammar Gadhafi during 2011 events.
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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 Moammar Qaddafi.
The former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, who was sentenced to five years ' suspended imprisonment at the end of September, will be sent to prison on 21 September, reporting BFM TV with reference to the source.
The former French President will become the first former Head of State of a country of the European Union to be effectively detained.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be imprisoned starting October 21, according to judicial sources at the French press agency AFP. Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison by a Paris court late last month after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy. Sarkozy is the first former head of state of an EU member state to be imprisoned.
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The Star Kuala LumpurEx-French President Sarkozy's 5-year jail term to start next week, RTL reports
PARIS - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will head to a Paris prison next week, where he will begin an unprecedented five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise 2007 election campaign funds from Libya, RTL reported on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Sarkozy was sentenced on 25 September to five years in prison for funding with Libyan money from the Muammar Gaddafi regime of his 2007 campaign
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