Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction
Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy – the first...
<p>Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regime</p><p>The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy – the first time a former head of state has been sent to prison in modern French history.</p><p>The verdict and sentencing followed a trial in which he and his aides were accused of making a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/paris-court-to-rule-on-nicolas-sarkozy-corruption-charge">corruption pact</a> with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/nicolas-sarkozy-found-guilty-of-criminal-conspiracy-in-libya-trial">Continue reading...</a>
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