Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy related to alleged Libyan campaign financing for his 2007 presidential bid.</span

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Reuters

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy related to alleged Libyan campaign financing for his 2007 presidential bid.

Sarkozy became the first former French president to be imprisoned since World War Two Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Pétain, marking an unprecedented moment in modern European political history.</span

Guardian

Sarkozy became the first former French president to be imprisoned since World War Two Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Pétain, marking an unprecedented moment in modern European political history.

The court found Sarkozy guilty of criminal conspiracy but acquitted him of personally receiving or using Libyan funds, with prosecutors alleging he conspired with close aides to orchestrate the financing scheme.</span

The court found Sarkozy guilty of criminal conspiracy but acquitted him of personally receiving or using Libyan funds, with prosecutors alleging he conspired with close aides to orchestrate the financing scheme.

Sarkozy will be held in solitary confinement or the VIP wing at La Santé prison in a nine-square-meter cell equipped with a television, telephone, shower and toilet, with one hour of daily exercise allowed.</span

EuroNews

Sarkozy will be held in solitary confinement or the VIP wing at La Santé prison in a nine-square-meter cell equipped with a television, telephone, shower and toilet, with one hour of daily exercise allowed.

The former president maintains his innocence and posted on social media that an innocent man was being imprisoned, while his lawyers immediately filed a request for his release pending appeal proceedings.</span

Anadolu Ajansı

The former president maintains his innocence and posted on social media that an innocent man was being imprisoned, while his lawyers immediately filed a request for his release pending appeal proceedings.

More than 100 supporters gathered outside Sarkozy's home to show solidarity, chanting his name and singing the French national anthem as he departed for prison with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.</span

The Associated Press

More than 100 supporters gathered outside Sarkozy's home to show solidarity, chanting his name and singing the French national anthem as he departed for prison with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

Sarkozy Begins Prison Sentence for Libya Campaign Scandal

Sarkozy Begins Prison Sentence for Libya Campaign Scandal

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