Court weakens Berlusconi immunity

A top court has rejected as unconstitutional an immunity law shielding Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi from trial but has maintained some room for immunity. The Constitutional Court's ruling stops short of completely rejecting the law shielding...

A top court has rejected as unconstitutional an immunity law shielding Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi from trial but has maintained some room for immunity.

The Constitutional Court's ruling stops short of completely rejecting the law shielding Berlusconi, which would have immediately reopened two trials, on corruption and tax fraud charges respectively.

But it also gives judges leeway in deciding whether the premier should be exempt from trial.

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