PARIS: A court in Paris will decide whether to release France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison on Monday, just 20 days after he was incarcerated. He was sentenced to five years in prison following his conviction for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his winning 2007 campaign with funds from Libya. Sarkozy, 70, is the first former president of modern France sentenced to actual time behind bars. He was previously convicted on corruption charges, but was ordered to wear an electric monitor rather than serve a prison sentence.

PARIS: A court in Paris will decide whether to release France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison on Monday, just 20 days after he was incarcerated. He was sentenced to…

Former president is seeking to be released pending his appeal against a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy

PARIS: A Paris appeal court examined Monday the request for release of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison, less than three weeks after he began serving a…

The former French president was jailed in October for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

The court agreed that sending the ex-president to prison was an excessive measure

Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy for his role in securing funding for his 2007 presidential campaign.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from jail as he seeks appeal of his recent conviction for alleged criminal conspiracy attempt.