Nicolas Sarkozy will become the first former French president in living memory to be imprisoned when he is expected to begin a five-year sentence Tuesday in Paris’ La Santé prison. Convicted of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya, Sarkozy maintains his innocence. Regardless, he will be admitted to serve his time in a prison that has held some of the most high-profile inmates since the 19th century. They include Capt.

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime

Nicolas Sarkozy will become the first former French president in living memory to be imprisoned when he is expected to begin a five-year sentence Tuesday in Paris’ La Santé…

Di cinque anni, per associazione a delinquere: è il primo presidente francese ad andare in prigione dal secondo dopoguerra

El político, primer ex jefe de Estado francés en la cárcel, está condenado a cinco años por asociación ilícita en un caso de financiación con dinero libio

Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.

France’s former president was found guilty of acquiring Libyan funding for his 2007 campaign and is being sent to La Sante prison in Paris

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

Former president organised stage-managed departure from his Paris home before becaming first French postwar leader to be jailed Europe live – latest updates

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

Sarkozy was convicted of criminal conspiracy for seeking campaign funds for 2007 election from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.

Once a star of the French center-right, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy surrendered to custody in Paris to begin a prison term for criminal conspiracy.

Former French president will reportedly be held in isolation and has a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo for company

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.…