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Berlusconi bribery case is thrown out
Published: February 26. 2012 4:00AM PSTROME — A court in Milan threw out the bribery case against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday, saying that the statute of limitations had expired and continuing his long run of seeming invulnerability to conviction.
Berlusconi, who had denied wrongdoing, had been accused of bribing a British tax lawyer to withhold testimony to protect him. In the trial, which began in March 2007, Berlusconi’s lawyers maintained his innocence even while pressing the statute-of-limitations argument.
Berlusconi is also on trial in three other cases, facing various charges, including paying for sex with an underage woman.
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