Berlusconi Tax Fraud Conviction Upheld

[Noor]

www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2013/08/01/Berlusconi-tax-fraud-conviction-upheld_9107260.html

After 20 years many see the confirmation of such sentence as a political one and not a judicial one. The cost of this latest trial has been of circa Euro 20,000,000. Berlusconi won't go to jail but he will receive house arrest because he is over 70. The length of the interdiction from public offices 3 to 5 years is still to be decided.

[Noor]

The above sentence cannot be implemented until the Italian Senate votes to lift Berlusconi's parliamentary immunity -- a process that could take several months. Not only, such conviction may very well have immediate consequences for the present right-left coalition government. Finally, should the government fall "once more" that might very well have consequences for the present president of the Italian Republic, Mr. Napolitano, who may this time decide to resign.

www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130801/verdict-looms-berlusconi-tax-fraud-trial

[Noor]

Video of the Italian Higher Court Conviction of Mr. Berlusconi

video.repubblica.it/dossier/mediaset-sentenza-cassazione/processo-mediaset-la-lettura-della-sentenza/136668/135213?ref=HREA-1 (Italian only)