The judge confirmed the sentence of imprisonment of Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi has been indicted on 34 occasions in the last 20 years.But he had always managed to get away from all their trials, either by prescription, to archivaciones, to which had passed laws that decriminalized offenses attributed to him ... Her court record remained spotless, without a final conviction. Until this afternoon. At the stroke of 19:30 am today, the five judges of the holiday section of the Italian Supreme Court confirmed the sentence to four years in prison for tax evasion against the three-time former prime minister who had earlier issued against a court Il Cavaliere of first and second instance. This is a final and irrevocable sentence, against which there is no appeal. Berlusconi in no case will go to jail. For starters it has more than 70 years (exactly 76) and that because of a pardon four years in prison is automatically are reduced to three. But the remaining year of his sentence, but did not go behind bars, will have to comply with an additional penalty: either arrest or social services. This means that you can not give interviews Berlusconi, who can not receive or make calls without the authorization of the penitentiary judges and that their movements are very limited. Regarding the prohibition from holding public office, the courts of first and second instance Berlusconi had condemned the disqualification for five years, the Supreme Court has decided to accept the prosecutor's request that the Supreme sentence was reduced to three years. But, rather than directly reducing the period of ineligibility, has ordered that the case back to the lower court and is this the one to decide the period for which you must disable. And since the tax fraud by Berlusconi who was convicted in September prescribes, it is very possible that in this sense is off the hook. After knowing the veredictor, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano , has made ​​a llammiento for calm: "The country needs to rediscover the serenity and cohesion in institutional issues of vital importance because a long time has been divided and has been unable to cope reforms", said in a statement. Ensures that this time there has been a climate more "respectful and calm" that has engulfed other lawsuits they had to Berlusconicomo involved: "I think this is good for everyone." The process by which today was condemned Berlusconi is known as 'Mediaset case' and started in 2007. At first, the former Italian prime minister was accused of having carried out a gigantic tax evasion between 1992 and 2006 by which the Treasury would have retracted Italian (and their partners TV company) about 500 million euros. With several prescriptions and tricks, Il Cavaliere got the charges reduced only to the period between 2002 and 2003 and tax fraud of 7.3 billion euros in total. It is for the offense for which he was sentenced today.