Berlusconi appeals trial given go-ahead

Italy’s top criminal court today ruled that former Premier Silvio Berlusconi should face an appeals trial on corruption charges.

Berlusconi appeals trial given go-ahead
Fri, 16 Feb, 2007 - 13:12
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Italy’s top criminal court today ruled that former Premier Silvio Berlusconi should face an appeals trial on corruption charges.

The media mogul-turned-politician was acquitted in December 2004 for allegedly bribing judges in an attempt to stop the SME state food conglomerate from being sold to a rival industrialist in 1985.

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