A Florence court on on Monday
handed down sentences of one year, nine months for the parents
of ex-premier, former centre-left Democratic Party (PD) leader
and now head of the centrist Italia Viva (IV) party, Matteo
Renzi, in a false invoices case.
A third defendant, businessman Luigi Dagostino, got two
years.
Tiziano Renzi and Laura Bovoli denied the charges.
But a prosecutor said the three acted criminally in issuing
two false invoices, perhaps not only for allegedly dodging
taxes.
He said Tiziano Renzi and Laura Bovoli "are two experienced
businesspeople who issue invoices for major sums, meant to evade
taxes".
Dagostino also issued fake invoices for the same ends, the
prosecutor said.
The issuing of the invoices may also have had "other
purposes" which the prosecutor did not go into.
The Renzis said they would appeal the verdict.
Tiziano Renzi said: "I am aware that it is only a first
moment, I have not absolutely lost faith in justice and I await
the appeals trial with my dfence attorneys".
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