Paris The son of the late French president, Francois Mitterrand, looked likely to spend Christmas behind bars after being jailed on suspicion of playing a part in illegal arms sales to Angola, judicial sources said yesterday.
Mr Jean-Christophe Mitterrand was put under investigation and sent to the Sante prison in Paris late on Thursday after hours of interrogation by two investigating magistrates.
His lawyer filed an urgent request for his release yesterday, but courts usually take several days to consider such a motion and the Christmas holiday should delay this even more, the sources said.