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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has left his cell after deciding to be released from prison.
The 70-year-old's black car with tinted windows was seen leaving the La Sante prison in Paris towards his home in the west of the city. Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, was sentenced to five years in prison in September after being convicted of conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya.
Sarkozy is banned from leaving France and from being in contact with key people, including co-defendants and witnesses in the case, the court said.
During Monday's hearing, Sarkozy, speaking from prison via video link, argued that he has always met all the requirements of justice.
"I never imagined that I would experience prison at the age of 70. This difficult experience was imposed on me and I experienced it. It is difficult, very difficult," he said.
Sarkozy has consistently denied all charges and called the case politically motivated. His release comes after reports that he had been the target of death threats in prison less than a day after starting a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy.
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