Milan court sentences Silvio Berlusconi to seven years and bans former PM from public office in 'bun
Source: Guardian
Milan court sentences Silvio Berlusconi to seven years and bans former PM from public office in 'bunga bunga' case. More details soon
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
WOW. The asshat is actually going to jail.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)At least I hope it does
muriel_volestrangler
(101,318 posts)The BBC ticker points out "but ruling depends on appeal". But more than that:
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Under Italian law, prison sentences handed down to those over the age of 75 can be commuted to house arrest.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21698802
You'll notice he didn't go to jail for that conviction either. Or when an appeals court confirmed his 4 year sentence for tax fraud: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57583497/silvio-berlusconi-sentenced-to-4-years-in-prison-after-tax-fraud-verdict-upheld/
Berlusconi will never go to prison. If we're lucky, he'll be banned from politics. I doubt he'll be banned from owning major media companies, though.
brett_jv
(1,245 posts)I felt compelled to finish up her sig line lyrics ... great tune, great album. I probably haven't heard that tune in 20 years, but still remember exactly how that verse goes ... and you omitted the shouted-out lyric 'a real one!'
rpannier
(24,329 posts)appeal
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)And he never ends up going there. I will be utterly amazed if he ever sees the inside of a cell.
brett_jv
(1,245 posts)The only time they actually go to jail is when they rip off other really rich people.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)If he loses that one, he will have exhausted all his appeals
Little info:
A less salacious but potentially far more damaging verdict, expected by the end of the year: the definitive ruling on tax fraud charges for which he is approaching the last roll of the dice.
If the court of cassation upholds his conviction, he will face not only a four-year jail sentence but also more pertinently for a man whose political ambitions have never died a five-year ban on public office.