Berlusconi faces five-year jail term

ROME -- Silvio Berlusconi's legal worries made worse on Wednesday when prosecutors asked for a five-year jail sentence for that Italo media mogul and former premier on charges of bribing British lawyer David Mills to lie about business practices at his Mediaset broadcaster. Berlusconi is charged with having to pay Mills, who's a professional in offshore tax havens, a $600,000 bribe for supplying false testimony in 2 tests, in 1997 and 1998, a good alleged plan for Mediaset to evade taxes relating to Hollywood movie rights' deals. Mills was charged with a Milan court last year and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail. But an appeals court put out his corruption situation this year because of the statute of restrictions. The statute of restrictions can also be prone to kick-set for Berlusconi within this trial. But a guilty verdict would be a significant blow to his prestige. "You can be certain, beyond any doubt, the defendant is guilty," stated district attorney Fabio P Pasquale, who accused Berlusconi's defence to be entirely "according to false documents." Both Berlusconi and Mills deny the costs. Berlusconi's lawyers, who claim a legal court is politically biased, have asked for the situation be gone to live in another jurisdiction. A ruling on that's expected February. 18. Berlusconi also faces other ongoing tests on separate tax fraud charges as well as having to pay for sex by having an underage prostitute. A brand new indictment from earlier this year including wiretaps and leaked information to allegedly damage a political opponent is because of continue trial on March 15. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com