Italy: Berlusconi tax fraud conviction upheld

  • 11 years ago
An appeals court in Milan has upheld the tax fraud conviction and four-year prison sentence against former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The case, which involves Berlusconi's television company, could see him barred from public office for five years.

He is unlikely to serve jail time, but the verdict keeps the judicial heat on the conservative Italian leader.

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