Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been fitted with an electronic anklet and has thus begun serving a sentence for corruption.
This was announced by the public prosecutor in Paris, according to Ritzau.
According to the French news agency AFP, this is the first time that a former French head of state has worn an anklet.
Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in prison in 2021 – two of which were suspended – for, among other things, attempting to bribe a judge. In December, he had the sentence upheld by France’s Supreme Court.
He is also accused in another ongoing trial of accepting millions in illegal campaign funds from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, charges to which Sarkozy denies.