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Italy Ex-defence Minister Previti Berlusconi Corruption Trial - Nov 2003
Cesare Previti Italian Former Defence Minister Speaks in a Milan Italy Court on Friday 21 November 2003 During a Hearing in the Long-running Corruption Trial Against Him in Which His Friend Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Has Also Been Implicated Previti Has Been on Trial For Three Years Charged with Helping to Bribe Judges in a 1980s Corporate Takeover Battle Involving Berlusconi Proceedings Against Berlusconi Were Suspended After Parliament Passed an Immunity Law For the Prime Minister and Other Top State Officials in June Shortly Before Italy Took Over the Rotating Presidency of the European Union the Judges Hearing the Case Said on Friday They Would Withdraw to a Milan Hotel to Review the Evidence Before Announcing Their Verdict on Saturday Prosecutors Have Asked For an 11-year Term Against Previti who Has Denied the Charges and Says He and Berlusconi Are Victims of a Politically Motivated Witch-hunt Italy Milan
