An Italian court on Thursday March 7,2013 sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to a one-year jail term for making public the taped contents of a confidential phone call in a case related to a 2005 banking scandal.
Prosecutors in the wiretap case had asked for a one-year jail term for the media tycoon.
Silvio Berlusconi, who has denied any wrongdoing, can seek to have the decision overturned before a court of appeal.Under Italian law, he is not expected to serve any prison term until all possible appeal trials have been carried out.
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Silvio Berlusconi is facing two other trials for alleged tax fraud and paying for sex with an underage prostitute.
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