Ilies B. is accused of having "repeatedly threatened" Sarkozy with death, saying "he (Sarkozy) is going to have a bad time in prison", "we are going to avenge Gaddafi, we know everything about Sarkozy".

Two inmates at La Santé prison were brought to trial in Paris on Friday afternoon for death threats and complicity against Nicolas Sarkozy on the first day of his detention, the Paris prosecutor's office said. Ilies B. is accused of having " repeatedly threatened" Sarkozy with death , saying "he (Sarkozy) is going to have a bad time in prison , " "we are going to avenge Gaddafi, we know everything about Sarkozy . "

Threats on TikTok

These threats, via "a video recorded on a phone" were broadcast "on the social network TikTok" , the prosecutor's office further specifies. An offense punishable by 3 years of imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros. He is also accused of having "knowingly possessed and benefited from a mobile phone, which he knew to come from" an "offense of illicitly handing over an object to a detainee" . He faces up to 5 years of imprisonment for this, among other things.

Ange O. is accused of complicity "by aiding or abetting death threats against Sarkozy" by "allowing the use of his mobile phone for the filming and distribution of the video containing the threats ." He also faces three years in prison and a fine of €45,000.

He is also accused of illegally possessing a mobile phone and refusing to provide the phone's codes "as part of a preliminary investigation ." This latter offense is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €270,000.

In prison since Tuesday

Three prisoners at the Santé prison were taken into custody on Wednesday after a video, apparently shot by a prison inmate, was posted on social media, uttering threats upon arrival at Nicolas Sarkozy's premises the previous day.

The former head of state was sentenced on September 25 to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy, a sentence accompanied by a pre-trial detention order for having allowed his associates to approach Muammar Gaddafi's Libya to finance his victorious 2007 campaign. Sarkozy has appealed the sentence. He has been incarcerated since Tuesday in La Santé prison, a first in the history of the Republic.