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Defiant Sarkozy arrives at jail to begin prison sentence – Europe live
France’s former president was found guilty of acquiring Libyan funding for his 2007 campaign and is being sent to La Sante prison in Paris
Nicolas Sarkozy’s lawyers said the former president will be held in solitary confinement, where he will be kept away from all other prisoners for security reasons, the Associated Press (AP) reports.
His lawyer Christophe Ingrain said on BFM TV that incarceration “strengthens his determination, it strengthens his rage to prove that he is innocent.”
Ingrain said Sarkozy is planning to write a book about his prison experience.
Jean-Michel Darrois, another of Sarkozy’s lawyers, said on Tuesday that the former president got himself “mentally prepared” to be held in solitary confinement, where he would be kept away from all other prisoners for security reasons.
First, he packed a bag with a few sweaters because it’s cold in prison, and earplugs because it’s very noisy.
Isolation like what he’s going to go through is painful, but he got himself prepared.
I’m not afraid of prison. I’ll hold my head high, including in front of the doors of La Santé.
I’ll fight till the end. Continue reading...