A Paris appeals court ruled former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from prison on Monday afternoon and placed under judicial supervision, less than three weeks after he began serving a five-year sentence over a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya

The former leader described his 20 days in prison as “gruelling”.

PARIS: France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from prison on Monday (Nov 10), after a 20-day experience the former president called a "nightmare", as a judge ordered his release pendi

A court sitting in Paris has ordered the release of 70-year-old former French President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison and placed him under judicial supervision.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was jailed on conspiracy charges related to sourcing campaign funding from Libya. He has served three weeks of a five-year sentence.

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from prison Monday after a Paris appeals court granted him release under judicial supervision, less than three weeks after he began serving a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya. Sarkozy, 70,…

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. Sarkozy, 70, is the first former president of modern France sentenced to actual time behind bars.