PARIS: Scandal-tainted Italian former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, sentenced to a year in prison for tax fraud, claimed Thursday there would be a "revolution" in Italy if he was jailed.

The 77-year-old, who lost his parliamentary seat over a conviction for tax fraud earlier this year as well as his parliamentary protection from the law, told Europe 1 radio he was "not scared" of being imprisoned.

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