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Italian court upholds Berlusconi’s tax evasion conviction

Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi delivers a speech during a rally for the Popoplo Della Liberta party on February 3, 2013, in Milan. Image AFP

An Italian court on Wednesday upheld a tax fraud conviction for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, confirming his sentence of one year in prison and a five-year ban from public office. “The court confirms the sentence against Silvio Berlusconi,” a judge at the Milan court said in a live audio…

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Berlusconi sentenced to year in prison over leaks

Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi delivers a speech during a rally for the Popoplo Della Liberta party on February 3, 2013, in Milan. Image AFP

An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to a year in prison over the publication of leaked transcripts from a police wiretap in a newspaper that he owns. Berlusconi, who faces two more verdicts this month for tax fraud and having sex with an underage prostitute,…

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