Tuesday, October 21st 2025, 9:24:21 am
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<body><p>STORY: :: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves at supporters as he heads to prison</p><p>:: Paris, France</p><p>:: October 21, 2025</p><p>:: He was given five years behind bars for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya</p><p>The former conservative president left his home hand in hand with his wife Carla Bruni, cheered on by a crowd of supporters chanting "Nicolas, Nicolas" and singing France's La Marseillaise national anthem.</p><p>He will become the first former French leader to be jailed since Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Petain after World War Two.</p></body>