Berlusconi under fire as court scraps immunity law

DEFIANT Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been dealt another blow after the country’s constitutional court threw out an immunity law passed by his government which could protect him from tax evasion and bribing charges.

Last night, however, the 73-year-old premier depicted it as a politically motivated ruling.

“The Constitutional Court is a political organ, but we’ll carry on. The trials against me are a farce... Viva Italia and Viva Berlusconi!” he said with a clenched fist, adding that the court, the head of state and the media all favoured the left.