Berlusconi acquitted because women had to be probed -judge

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 15 - Silvio Berlusconi was acquitted of bribing witnesses to lie about his bunga bunga parties because the young women who took part in the "elegant soirees" should have been investigated and deposed at the time, the sitting judge said after the verdict in the Ruby II trial Wednesday.
    The young former guests of the Arcore evenings, heard in the two trials on the Ruby case, "could not legitimately hold the public office of witness", because they should have been investigated at the time and heard as witnesses assisted by lawyers. Since there are no longer any false testimonies, in essence, the related charge of corruption in judicial acts also falls because "the hypothetical corruptor, in this case Berlusconi" is missing, said the president of the Court of Milan, Fabio Roia, in a note in which he anticipated the heart of the motivations of the acquittal verdict for everyone in the Ruby II trial, which the judges will file in 90 days.
    photo: Karima El Mahroug aka Ruby (ANSA).