Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced in first instance to five years in prison with a detention warrant and immediate execution and fined €100,000 in the Libyan financing case, and he appealed with a new trial scheduled from March 16 to June 3 at the Paris Court of Appeal.Sarkozy wrote a diary while held at "La Santé" that
Fayard will publish with extracts in
Le Figaro, and
Carla Bruni accompanied him when he left prison as the case continues to involve
Ziad Takieddine, who later retracted claims about cash deliveries.