Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France, has been told he must report to prison to begin solitary confinement despite his pending appeal against his conviction for criminal conspiracy.

Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered to report to La Santé Prison in southern Paris on October 21st to begin his five year prison sentence.

Sarkozy was spared the indignity of being taken from the Paris courtroom where he was convicted in September in handcuffs directly to prison and allowed to travel to the facility himself at the date now announced. Yet his being ordered to go to prison is nevertheless remarkable as the custodial sentence is not being held until the appeals process is complete.

The legal device used to activate the punishment while the case goes to appeal is unusual, but is the same use

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