A Paris judge sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison Thursday on criminal conspiracy charges for accepting campaign funding from former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

PARIS: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces up to 10 years in prison if a Paris court convicts him of secretly using funds from the Libyan government of late dictator…

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he will 'sleep in prison with my head held high', after he was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday.