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UPDATED: Jérôme Kerviel, the French rogue trader who brought one of Europe's biggest banks to the verge of ruin with nearly 5 billion in losses, left prison on Monday morning after winning conditional release.
"I am super happy to leave today ... I want to rebuild my life. I want to have a normal life with my loved ones, start a family and finally be able to enjoy life," Kerviel told reporters as he left the prison.
He also paid tribute to the prison staff during his isolation in prison and said his time spent behind bars had been in some ways "enriching" and had changed his view of the penal system.
"Today is a day of immense joy for us. Immense joy," said Kerviel's lawyer David Koubbi, who told reporters the "fight" against Kerviel's former employer Societe Generale would continue.
The trader himself said he was ashamed of his former profession and embarked on a two-month trek through Italy to protest the "tyranny of the markets," even winning an audience with Pope Francis.
Kerviel never denied making huge gambles. "My daily existence was about making money for the bank. That was my only objective, at any price, regardless of all moral or ethical considerations," he said before bah calculator he was imprisoned.
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Gossip magazine Closer has caused controversy again after it made public the homosexuality of a top member of France's far-right National Front party by publishing photos of him with his alleged partner. Politicians and journalists have reacted angrily. READ  
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