Shyena. Corruption in judicial acts: former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and Arcore party pianist Danilo Mariani acquitted.
The 'fact does not exist': this is the reasoning given by the president of the Siena court, Simone Spina, both defendants were acquitted of the charge of corruption in judicial acts. In the Ruby ter trial in Siena, born from an offshoot of the main Milanese strand, the main defendant was Danilo Mariani – who played at parties in Arcore – and in working relationships with the former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who appreciates his artistic talents and who lives in the province of Siena. The investigations of the Siena judges had in recent years concentrated on the payments that Mariani had received over the years from Berlusconi.
The prosecution, supported by prosecutor Valentina Magnini, believed that Mariani, in his deposition at the main trial in Milan, had testified falsely about what happened at the parties, receiving large sums of money in exchange. The magistrate, in the belief that these sums were proof of guilt, had asked for Berlusconi to be sentenced to four years and two months for the crime of corruption in judicial acts, and for Mariani, again for corruption in judicial acts and also for false testimony for a total of four years and six months. Satisfaction on the part of the former prime minister. "I spoke to Berlusconi a little while ago, he is clearly relieved, satisfied and happy" said Federico Cecconi, one of the lawyers of the Cavaliere, at the end of the hearing.
“This sentence is the right epilogue of a trial that should have ended earlier” added Enrico de Martino, the other lawyer of the defense team, commenting on the acquittal of the former Prime Minister. “The court – he concluded – considered the validity of our arguments”.
Article published on 21 October 2021 - 20:55
