Berlusconi: I’m being harassed by judges

Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was briefly sentenced to four years in jail for tax fraud, and was banned from holding public office for five years.

However, the Milan court cut the sentence to one year under an amnesty approved in 2006 to reduce overcrowding in prisons.

Berlusconi, 76, who owns AC Milan, one of Italy’s premier football clubs, is considered certain to stave off any imprisonment or ban on his political activities by appealing to higher courts.