Nicolas Sarkozy will serve a five-year prison sentence at La Santé prison

PARIS - A Paris court today told former French President Nicolas Sarkozy that he will enter prison on 21 October and serve his sentence at La Santé prison in Paris. Citing a source close to the case, AFP news agency and a radio station server RTL.

The court previously kept this information secret. Sarkozy is to serve a five-year prison sentence for his involvement in a criminal conspiracy to illegally finance his presidential campaign with money from Libya. It is the first time in modern French history that a French president will serve a sentence.

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