Sarkozy heads to jail over campaign financing

Paul KirbyEurope digital editor and

Hugh Schofieldin Paris

JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bidJULIEN DE ROSA/AFP

Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted last month but will have to wait for his appeal behind bars

Nicolas Sarkozy will become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he…

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