Berlusconi says cannot tolerate 'judicial persecution'
Ex-premier handed one-year jail term over wiretap
07 March, 14:57
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(ANSA) - Rome, March 7 - Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi said
Thursday that the one-year prison sentence he was given over the
publication of an illegally obtained wiretap was the result of
intolerable "persecution"."It's truly impossible to tolerate judicial persecution like this, which has lasted 20 years and revs up every time there are particularly complex moments in the country's political life," he said.
Berlusconi's centre-right coalition came second in last month's inconclusive general election.
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