All eyes on Berlusconi ahead of corruption case

AFTER the conviction of one of his oldest business and political allies for bribing judges, all eyes now turn to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, due to face charges in an unrelated corruption case tomorrow.

A Milan court on Tuesday sentenced Cesare Previti to 11 years in jail for bribing judges to influence two corporate takeovers by Berlusconi’s companies in the 1980s.

Berlusconi, originally a co-defendant with Previti in one of the cases, faces charges in a separate case on Friday which also involves Previti, his former personal lawyer and defence minister in his 1994 government.