Judges consider Berlusconi ruling

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BBC

Prosecutors have urged judges to impose an eight-year jail sentence
Judges hearing the four-year corruption trial against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have retired to consider their verdict.
Mr Berlusconi is accused of having bribed judges to win favourable rulings for his business empire in the 1980s.

The prosecution has called for an eight-year prison sentence, but a decision is not expected until Friday.

Mr Berlusconi, Italy's first serving prime minister to be tried in a criminal court, denies the charges.

He says he is the victim of a politically-motivated judicial witch-hunt and will not resign, whatever the verdict.

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