AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has had his jail sentence reduced to just 12 months, thanks to the application of a 2006 Amnesty Law aimed at reducing overcrowding in prisons.

The 76-year-old was originally handed a four-year jail sentence and €10 million fine on Friday, for his part in a tax fraud scandal.

Berlusconi, along with 10 others, was on trial after it was alleged that the defendants were involved in a scheme to purchase American movies for his company, Mediaset, through an offshore firm and had failed to properly declare payments so as to avoid taxes.

It was also claimed that Berlusconi had re-licensed the films, and pocketed the difference, making the Milan supremo some €250m.

The Italian has been involved in a number of legal procedures to do with his business ventures, but has either been cleared, or the cases have been dropped due to time constraints.
Berlusconi, who was not in court on Friday to hear the verdict, served as Prime Minister of Italy between 1994 and 1995, 2001 and 2006, and 2008 and 2011, but recently announced that he would not be running for a fourth term.



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AC MILAN in crises, Berlusconi in jail. hope they wont be relegated

Do they want to kill the old man?

He's 76 years for christ sake...I feel a heavy fine would be a much fairer judgment that the jail sentence.

They should learn from the Nigerian Judiciary system...the rich are fined heavily, while the poor are sentenced to jail or killed.

Ordinary tax ,ordinary tax,ORDINARY TAX .God will punish ALL Nigeria ex leaders and current leaders minus Adams oshiomole and the other Godly ones

Dia shud b no sacred cows b4 d law even wen de r 20 or 90. Didnt he knew he was 70 wen he was pafomin d crime? Dem 4 alow am rot in jail.

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Imagine d old thief sayin dat d judgement was 'harsh' on him. Jst 12mnths 4 stealin millions of euros. Hw ironic? Wat does he want? 2 b left free jst lyk naija alowd Ibori?

Can u imagine....3 times ex prime minister being sent to jail 4 tax evation....bt in naija we cant even sentence a local govt chairman 4 lootin billions......

I like good villains, they always give you silly news to laugh over, a whole prime minister evading tax, though some people are above tax in Nigeria, they even collect.
Bt I know the overcrowed prison na wash.

hmmmm na wao... Bad timing for AC Milan... I feel for the club.

kTBFFH!

See d theartricks frm 4years 2 12 months. Politicians n Rich men jail term na wash.

Italians! Please teach us how to jail our own leaders too.

The old fhucktard is neva going to set foot in any jail whatsoever. He is free until a final appeal verdict. There are still two superior courts to appeal through, which may likely overturn this ruling, as has always being the case in his previous convictions. The appeal process would take years which would nullify the case through the statutes of limitations before a final verdict is ever reached.

persistenc: See d theartricks frm 4years 2 12 months. Politicians n Rich men jail term na wash.

There is an amnesty law in Italy for the purpose of reducing the crowds in Italian jails, hence, the sentence reduction.
Yulia Tymoshenko didn't have that smoothly in Ukraine.

CrazyMan: Do they want to kill the old man?

He's 76 years for christ sake...I feel a heavy fine would be a much fairer judgment that the jail sentence.

They should learn from the Nigerian Judiciary system...the rich are fined heavily, while the poor are sentenced to jail or killed.

Yeah right The old fraudster pockets €250m and gets fined €10m. Thats what they call a heavy fine.