Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy jailed in five-year prison sentence

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00:00What you see behind me are the walls of La Santé prison,

00:04where Nicolas Sarkozy has just arrived.

00:06He's the first former French president ever to spend time behind bars.

00:10He's starting a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy,

00:14accused of overseeing a scheme to take money from Libya to fund his 2007 campaign.

00:20Now, he denies it all, has appealed.

00:23Technically, he's still innocent in the eyes of the justice system until his next trial,

00:27but judges said the case is serious enough that he should stay in prison for now.

00:32His lawyers say they will file a request for release as soon as possible,

00:36and judges will then have up to two months to rule on it.

00:39At 70, Sarkozy's being held alone for security reasons.

00:43His lawyers say he packed sweaters, earplugs and plans to write a book while inside.

00:57With the

01:23There are two options, and now we have to go somewhere to the side of the front.

01:34The second is the price.

01:38One is the price.

01:41The price is the price.

01:43The price is the price.

01:45The price is the price.

01:47The price is the price.