Former French President Sarkozy leaves prison

A Paris appeals court ruled former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from prison on Monday afternoon and placed under judicial supervision, less than three weeks after he began serving a five-year sentence over a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya.

Sarkozy, 70, was expected to leave Paris’ La Santé prison within hours.

He will be banned from leaving the French territory and from being in…