6 h. ago Inside La Santé prison where Nicolas Sarkozy faces years in isolation

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy began his five-year prison sentence on Tuesday, locked up in a nine-square-metre cell at Paris' infamous La Santé prison

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8 h. ago Inside the grim walls of La Santé prison where former President Nicolas Sarkozy faces years in isolation

The 70-year-old has been ordered to serve his time at La Santé prison in Paris, a far cry from the Élysée Palace. He now finds himself confined to a ten-square-metre cell.

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12 h. ago Moment prisoners mock 5ft 5in Nicolas Sarkozy's HEIGHT and yell threats throughout his 'frightening' first night in jail

The disgraced French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy spent his first night in prison being mocked for his height and screamed at by fellow inmates.

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15 h. ago Moment 'prison inmate films himself threatening Nicolas Sarkozy' as the disgraced former president is placed under police protection following 'frightening' first night in jail

Two police officers have since moved into the prison cell next door to Sarkozy following the incident, it emerged today.

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29 h. ago The rise and fall of Nicolas Sarkozy: Former French president jailed in historic first

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy begun serving a prison sentence in Paris on Tuesday (21 October) – the first time a leader of the French Fifth Republic has been jailed.

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38 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy shares last kiss with Carla Bruni as he leaves home to begin five

Sarkozy is the first former French leader to be jailed since the Second World War

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38 h. ago Humbled Nicolas Sarkozy enters prison after emotional goodbye to distraught

The 70-year-old arrived at La Sante prison on Tuesday morning, with reporters hearing convicts shouting from their cells: 'Welcome Sarkozy!', 'Sarkozy's here.'

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39 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy becomes first French leader to go to prison since WWII

Former French president has begun a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of a conspiracy to raise illegal campaign funds from Libya

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39 h. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at prison to begin five

The 70-year-old becomes the first former French leader to be jailed since Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Petain

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40 h. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy hugs supermodel wife before going into prison

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40 h. ago Crowds gather to watch Nicolas Sarkozy go to jail: Disgraced former president's sons visit him before he begins five

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.

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52 h. ago What we know about the prison where former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will serve time

It remains unclear whether Sarkozy will be placed in isolation or within the “VIP quarters”

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3 d. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regimeThe former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Fiercely loyal' Carla Bruni 'will visit her husband France's ex

Carla Bruni will 'visit her husband Nicolas Sarkozy every day' throughout his five-year prison sentence, according to her biographer writing in the Times.

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3 w. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy and has now been sentenced by the Paris Judicial Court

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3 w. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison in Libya campaign

Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy for receiving millions of euros from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi Here is a bit more on that from Reuters:Sarkozy, who has always denied the charges, was accused of making a deal with Gaddafi in 2005, when he was France’s interior minister, to obtain campaign financing in exchange for supporting the then-isolated Libyan government on the international stage. Continue reading...

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