France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be jailed Tuesday after being found guilty of acquiring Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run.

France’s right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012, was handed a five-year jail term in September for criminal conspiracy over a plan for late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund his electoral campaign.

The 70-year-old, who has appealed the verdict and denounced an “injustice”, is to be incarcerated in La Sante prison in Paris.

“If they absolutely want me to sleep in prison, I will sleep in prison — but with my head held high,” he told the press after his September 25 verdict.

Sarkozy’s family has called for supporters to show solidarity with the former head of state as he leaves his Paris home for prison on Tuesday.

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