Former French president Sarkozy begins 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy

Paris, Oct 21: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived at a prison in Paris to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya.

He is the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned.

On his way to prison, Sarkozy said “an innocent man is being locked up.” (AP)

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