Italy's Berlusconi turns up at his under-age sex trial

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

20 April 2012 Last updated at 09:19 GMT

Italy's Berlusconi turns up at his under-age sex trial

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has made a rare appearance at his trial in Milan for paying for sex with an underage girl called Ruby.

He is accused of paying for sex with a 17-year-old, then abusing his powers by getting police to release her when she was arrested for stealing.

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Four police officers are due to testify at the trial on Friday, Italy's La Repubblica news website reports. They were on duty the night in May 2010 when Mr Berlusconi allegedly phoned the police repeatedly and requested that they let Ruby go.

Mr Berlusconi allegedly told them that Ruby was a granddaughter of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17783784

[DCKit]

1. It's not about her age, it's about him being a total sleazebag.

"The age of consent rises to 16 if one of the participants has some kind of influence on the other (e.g. teacher, tutor, adoptive parent)."

General age of consent in Italy is 14. Then again, he paid for sex.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe