Sarkozy embraces wife outside their Paris home as he leaves to start five-year prison sentenceCredit: AP

Sarkozy arrives at Paris court ahead of verdict over alleged illegal financingCredit: AP

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to be released from prison after serving 3 weeks of a 5-year sentence for criminal conspiracy.

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...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to learn when and where he will begin serving his 5-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy in the Libya campaign funding case. Sarkozy, who denies the charges, was convicted for...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy left his Paris home on Tuesday morning to begin serving his prison sentence at La Santé, nearly a month after being convicted of fraud linked to alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 election campaign.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty Thursday of criminal association in connection with alleged Libyan funding of his 2007 presidential campaign.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday (Sep 25). He has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from Libya during the rule of late...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces up to 10 years in prison if a Paris court convicts him of secretly using funds from the Libyan government of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi to finance his presidential campaign in 2007.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is being held for questioning by police over alleged illegal funding of his 2007 presidential campaign by the Gaddafi government. But what is the...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went on prime time television TF1 on Thursday evening to reject accusations of illicit Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign and said they were making his life "hell"....

A Paris court has handed former French President Nicolas Sarkozy a one-year prison sentence after finding him guilty of illegal campaign financing of his failed 2012 re-election bid.

Sarkozy, 66, who denied any wrongdoing, was not in court to face the ruling. His lawyer has confirmed that he will appeal.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to a year of house arrest, for corruption.

Sarkozy, 66, who denied any wrongdoing, was not in court to face the ruling. His lawyer has confirmed that he will appeal.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of illegal campaign financing linked to his 2012 bid for reelection after $54 million was spent on fake invoices. Sarkozy was sentenced to one year in prison.

He is the first former French leader to be handed out a prison sentence that includes time with no remission.

Former president handed one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence over corruption and influence peddling.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is standing trial in Paris on corruption charges.

Along with his lawyer, Sarkozy, accused of corruption, faces a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a maximum fine of 1 million euros.

France's new government under Prime Minister Jean Castex has been announced in a reshuffle, which will be entrusted to aid the battered economy and breathe new life into Emmanuel Macron's presidency....

Nicolas Sarkozy was president of France from 2007 to 2012. He has now been stripped of the Legion of Honour medal, which is France's highest distinction, following his conviction for corruption and influence peddling during his time as...

France’s highest court upheld on Wednesday former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for corruption and influence peddling. Watch this report for more details!

Madrid, 17 Jan (EFE).- Spain's King Juan Carlos bestowed the Order of the Golden Fleece, the world's most prestigious order, on French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday for his efforts against terrorism and the Basque separatist group...