France’s former president was found guilty of acquiring Libyan funding
for his 2007 campaign and has arrived at La Sante prison in Paris
Sarkozy arrives at La Santé prison
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived at La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday to start a five-year prison term, Reuters reports.
Sarkozy, who was the conservative president of France between 2007 and 2012, was handed a five-year jail term in September for criminal conspiracy over a plan for late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to fund his electoral campaign.
He walked out of his home hand-in-hand with his singer wife, Carla Bruni, and left in a car escorted by police on motorbikes.
The
ex-president was reported by the Associated Press (AP) as saying “an
innocent man is being locked up” while on his way to prison.
A lawyer for Nicolas Sarkozy
said a motion had been filed for his release moments after the former
French president entered jail, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports
Presiding judge Nathalie Gavarino
said during sentencing that the offences were of “exceptional gravity”,
and therefore ordered Sarkozy to be jailed even if he filed an appeal.
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