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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
France’s former president Sarkozy arrives at Paris jail to start 5-year sentence
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France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his residence to present himself to La Sante Prison for incarceration on a five-year prison sentence (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived at La Santé prison in Paris to start a five-year prison term.
Sarkozy, who was the conservative president of France between 2007 and 2012, was sentenced over a scheme to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run.
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