Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy left his home with wife Carla Bruni to attend prison. Photo: AP PHOTO

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has entered a Paris prison to begin a five-year sentence after he was found guilty of conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya.

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Sarkozy stepped into a car to head to the French capital's La Santé jail to start a his sentence, in a stunning downfall for a man who was president of France between 2007 and 2012.

A court decided to jail the conservative former leader after finding him guilty of conspiring to raise campaign funds from

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