Milan Public Prosecutor Bruti
Liberati defended Wednesday his handling of a major corruption
probe into embezzlement at Milan's San Raffaele hospital, saying
he spent "nearly a year" in painstaking investigation.
Only after nearly 12 months of work on the case relating to
the Pavia-based Maugeri health-care trust did investigating
magistrates have "sufficient evidence to inscribe (suspects on
charges of) the crime of corruption," he told the High
Magistrates' Council, the disciplinary body.
Former Lombardy Governor Roberto Formigoni and nine other
people are due to stand trial next week in Milan in connection
with the alleged graft.
Formigoni denies wrongdoing.
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