ROME: An Italian court on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) sentenced Silvio Berlusconi to seven years in jail and banned the former premier from public office after convicting him of paying for sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his power to hide the liaison.
Berlusconi attacked “an incredible sentence, of a violence never seen or heard before, handed down to try and eliminate me from political life,” while his lawyers said they would appeal.
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