Italy's supreme court on Tuesday March 18,2014upheld a two-year ban from public office against former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi who had filed an appeal with the country's top court.
The ban was imposed as part of a tax fraud conviction against the media magnate last year and blocks him from running in elections.
The 77-year-old was sentenced to four years in prison for the fraud linked to his Mediaset business empire, with an automatic reduction to one year under a 2006 amnesty law aimed at reducing prison overcrowding.
Silvio Berlusconi, who was also stripped of his seat in the Senate over the case, is expected to serve the term through community service due to his age.
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Silvio Berlusconi was already banned from public office for life in a separate case in which a Milan court convicted him last June to seven years in jail for paying for sex with a minor and abusing his powers as prime minister to cover it up.
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