Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail and went home on Monday, after a Paris court ruled he could be released while he appeals against his conviction for conspiring to raise funds from Libya.

Sarkozy was sent to prison on October 21 after he was found guilty in September of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

The former conservative leader, who was president from 2007 to 2012, told the court that being in jail had been tough.

"Truth will prevail. This is a fact that life teaches us," he wrote on X after returning home.

He added that he would now focus on his appeal process, and that "the end of the story remains to be written".

'NO FLIGHT RISK'

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