"Sarkozy was sentenced to five years after being found guilty last month of criminal conspiracy, due to having accepted millions of euros in illegal payments from the late Libyan ruler, Muammar Gaddafi, to fund his 2007 election campaign. He has always denied the charges. His lawyers said as he arrived to start his sentence that a request for release had been immediately filed."
"The 70-year-old leader arrived at La Sante prison in a police car on Tuesday morning, becoming the first former head of an European Union state to be jailed. Dozens of supporters and family members had stood outside Sarkozy's home from early Tuesday, some holding up framed portraits. Free Nicolas, they shouted as he departed to head to the jail. Earlier, they had sung the French national anthem, as neighbours looked on from their balconies."
Nicolas Sarkozy, 70, arrived at La Sante prison in Paris to begin serving a five-year sentence after conviction for criminal conspiracy linked to millions of euros in illegal payments from Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 campaign. He denies the charges and his lawyers filed an immediate request for release upon his arrival. Dozens of supporters and family gathered outside his home, holding portraits, waving flags, and singing the French national anthem while chanting for his freedom. He is the first French leader imprisoned since Philippe Petain and may be held in a nine-square-metre solitary cell.
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