Crime. Berlusconis lawyers condemned the verdict and promised to appeal. Berlusconi has dominated italian politics for nearly 20 years, perhaps in anticipation of the jail term. Earlier this week, berlusconi said he would not contest the next election. Although given a fouryear sentence, and was immediately reduced to one year due to an amnesty law from 2006. Berlusconi was also fined 10 Million Euros and then form from Holding Public office for 10 years. The head of the media said Television Empire was accused of running a complex tax evasion system in the 1990s. Prosecutors said berlusconi was part of a scheme to purchase broadcast rights to film through offshore companies and then inflate the cost to reduce taxes owed. The former Prime Minister will remain free until italys appeal system is exhausted, a process that could be quite lengthy. For more on this case, we will tend to john hooper in rome. Berlusconi was sentenced to four years but apparently will only serve one year if at
No end to the killing in syria as a massive car bomb explodes in damascus. And two iranians when the European Parliaments procedures human rights award. Two iranians went win the European Parliament pose a prestigious human rights award. For one of europes most colorful and one of europes most colorful and controversial politicians has been sentenced to prison for tax fraud. A court in milan has convicted former Prime Minister berlusconi of defrauding the Italian Government of millions of yours in unpaid taxes. Remedy court gave him a four year term and said berlusconi had shown a natural capacity for crime. Berlusconis lawyers condemned the verdict and promised to appeal. Berlusconi has dominated italian politics for nearly 20 years, perhaps in anticipation of the jail term. Earlier this week, berlusconi said he would not contest the next election. Although given a fouryear sentence, and was immediately reduced to one year due to an amnesty law from 2006. Berlusconi was also fined 10
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