5 minutes agoBerlusconi refuses to testify before court
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has refused to testify in the trial of a long associate, suspected of trying to be a bridge between the mafia and politicians. Berlusconi told a court in Palermo, Sicily, that his lawyers advised him not to answer questions, the AP reports, adding that [...]
Berlusconi told a court in Palermo, Sicily, that his lawyers advised him not to answer questions, the AP reports, adding that he refused and took pictures while standing before a judge.
The prosecution claims that the Sicilian mob group Kosa Nostra tried to approach politicians in an effort to get fewer penalties for mobsters.
A close associate of Berlusconi and the former senator during his rule, Marcel Del Utra, was sentenced by the Low Court in a case referring to the co-operation of Cosa Nostra and state institutions following the 1993 bombing attacks in Florence, Rome and Milan.
