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
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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 feed broadcast by news channel Sky TG 24.
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