Berlusconi convicted for tax fraud

  • 11 years ago
Italy's highest court has upheld Silvio Berlusconi's conviction for tax fraud at his second and final appeal. The former Prime Minister was given a four-year jail sentence in the case related to the purchase of TV rights for his Mediaset network. Berlusconi says he is the victim of persecution. Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports from Rome.

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