Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, likes to wear loafers made by Tod’s, the luxury Italian shoemaker. Some time soon he may be accessorising them with a chic little ankle bracelet, the sort that tracks his movements and ensures that his one-year sentence for bribery is being properly served within the confines of his home. Step outside the flat he shares with Carla Bruni, and he could be sporting a very arresting look.
That moment is not yet upon him. He has appealed against his sentence for trying to bribe a judge, and that will keep him from imprisonment until a new trial is over.
Reports from France suggest Sarkozy’s sentence would be served in the flat he shares with Bruni in a 19th-century building