Nicolas Sarkozy could leave prison this Monday – Release

The former President of the Republic, imprisoned since October 21 in La Santé prison after being sentenced to five years in prison for “criminal association” in the case of Libya who financed his presidential campaign in 2007, with the execution of a provisional sentence, his fate will be decided on Monday.

The Court of Appeal will examine his request for release, pending a resumption of the match, based on its merits, on appeal. Starting at 9:30 am, his lawyer will present a defense of his case, he himself may be able to appear before the court via video conference from his cell, if he wishes. So a decision had to be taken in the afternoon. And the former president could be gone soon.

This is the third case under rapid review at the appeal level against those who were sentenced to prison with provisional execution in the first instance on September 25. After the release of French-Djibutian banker Wahib Nacer, 81 years old, the detention of French-Algerian brokers continued