Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun a five-year jail sentence, becoming the first French ex-president to be incarcerated since 1945. This follows his conviction for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

• Nicolas Sarkozy, former French president, started his sentence at La Santé prison in Paris.
• He maintains his innocence in the "highly controversial Libyan money affair" and appealed his sentence.
• Sarkozy is being held in the isolation wing, with a 9-11 sq m cell, for his own safety.