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Sarkozy

8 months ago

Former president granted conditional release while contesting Libyan financing conviction
Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy for his role in securing funding for his 2007 presidential campaign.
The former French president was jailed in October for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Sarkozy will be released with court-imposed obligations as his appeal continues.
Sarkozy became the first former French head of state in modern times to be sent to prison after his conviction for criminal conspiracy on 25 September.

Former French president was talking to court via video link about his request to serve rest of sentence at home

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The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said his tim…

Sarkozy, 70, has been locked up for just three week at Paris' La Sante prison, and is already complaining that life behind bars is 'very, very hard'.

Former president is seeking to be released pending his appeal against a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy

Former Sarkozy rival in the 2007 presidential election, Ségolène Royal, told TF1 she …

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