The charges were based on allegations he cooperated with foreign influence and for not accepting the election results which brought President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to power. Bolsonaro was on house arrest, but was accused of trying to remove his ankle monitor, which showed signs of damage from a soldering iron.

Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered by the country's supreme court to start serving his 27-year sentence, even as what could be a very lengthy further appeals effort carries on.

He was convicted in September for plotting a coup, based on allegations he also cooperated with foreign influence, for not accepting the election results which brought President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to power. 

Bolsonaro, who only somewhat recently was living in Florida after which he returned to his home country to face and attempt to fight the charges, will reportedly begin this jail sentence in a 12 square meter room at a police base in the capital Brasilia.

Supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered him directly to jail after over the weekend police raided his home, where he was on house arrest, when it was learned he attempted to remove his ankle monitor, which showed signs of damage from a soldering iron.