Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to leave Paris' La Santé prison on Monday. Photo: EPA PHOTO

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from prison and placed under judicial supervision, a Paris appeals court has ruled.

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It comes less than three weeks after he began serving a five-year sentence over a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya.

Sarkozy, 70, was expected to leave Paris' La Santé prison on Monday afternoon.

He will be banned from leaving the French territory and from being in touch with key people, including co

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