France: A court appeal considers request for conditional release of Nicolas Sarkozy after 20 days in prison
The Court of Appeal in Paris will hear on Monday former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s request for conditional release, just about 20 days after he went to prison.
The court is scheduled to hold a hearing to assess the request, where Sarkozy’s defense team will present assurances that he will abide by the terms of judicial oversight if the release is approved.
If the request is accepted, the former president is expected to be released within hours of the decision, and will later be subject to specific control measures as required by French law.
Sarkozy was booked into La Santé prison in Paris to serve a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy in a case involving financing his 2007 election campaign with money from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
