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Sarkozy

9 months ago

Attempts by the former French president and his supporters to discredit the legal process by which he was sentenced have been irresponsible and unjustified

As he was transported to La Santé prison in …

The unprecedented jailing of a former head of state exposed deep divisions over justice and the legacy of Nicolas Sarkozy’s years in power.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy left his Paris home on Tuesday morning to begin serving his prison sentence at La Santé, nearly a month after being convicted of fraud linked to alleged Libyan…
Sarkozy was convicted of criminal conspiracy for seeking campaign funds for 2007 election from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.

Former president organised stage-managed departure from his Paris home before becaming first French postwar leader to be jailed

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The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy …

Former French president is appealing his conviction for criminal conspiracy as he enters La Santé jail

France’s former president was found guilty of acquiring Libyan funding for his 2007 campaign and has arrived at La Sante prison in Paris

Shortly after he stepped into a car to head to La Santé, Nicola…

Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.
Sarkozy, who was the president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former French leader to be jailed since Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Petain after World War Two.
In the so-called VIP section, Sarkozy could have his own room in one of 18 identical 9-square-metre cells (96.8 square feet) in a wing separated from other general prison inmates.

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