An Italian court has accused ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his lawyers of tampering with evidence by paying off witnesses in a trial related to his notorious “bunga bunga” parties.

ITALIAN prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to attend a court hearing today over allegations of breach of trust in his business interests.

PREMIER Silvio Berlusconi has gone back on trial for alleged tax fraud in the first of several court cases to resume after Italy’s constitutional court watered down an immunity bill sparing the premier from trial.

Prosecutors are investigating whether Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi had sex with an underage prostitute and then abused his power by trying to cover up the encounters.