Prosecutors want five-year jail term for Berlusconi
Italian prosecutors have demanded a five-year prison sentence for former premier Silvio Berlusconi in his trial on corruption charges.
Prosecutor Fabio De Pasquale urged the court to find Mr Berlusconi guilty of having paid a British lawyer $600,000 (€458,378) to lie in other trials involving charges of tax evasion and false accounting related to the billionaire media mogul’s business dealings.
The court is racing toward a verdict before the charges expire due to the statute of limitations. Mr De Pasquale calculated that would happen by mid-July.
This is one of several cases pending against Mr Berlusconi in Milan courts, including a trial on charges of having paid for sex with an underage prostitute.
He stepped down in November after failing to persuade investors he could revive the ailing economy.
