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Italy's former PM Silvio Berlusconi has been found guilty of having sex with an underage prostitute, and abusing the power of his office.
He has been sentenced to seven years in jail and banned from public office, pending the outcome of an appeal.
Originally posted by DAVID64
We in the U.S desperately need to take a page from their book and start putting our criminal leaders where they belong. Behind bars for a long time. So glad to see his position didn't get him off with a slap on the wrist.
Originally posted by boncho
Do you find it funny how some politicians are covered/protected until kingdom come, yet this one is thrown onto the fire? I do...
Not dismissing his actions, merely pointing out how odd it is to see an ex-PM be taken down like that.
Originally posted by stirling
Here baby, pass me one of those menthols.....i think ill start again....
The point is made that one cannot tell if the guy maybe fell for a honey trap (happens all the time), a set up......
And refused to go along to get along with the program....so they hung him out to dry as example.
Boncho has a keen eye for the seemier side i see....
The point is made that one cannot tell if the guy maybe fell for a honey trap (happens all the time), a set up......
Originally posted by hotel1
I first noticed this on the BBC news this morning and the way it is being reported as an underage prostitute is beginning to annoy me. What I mean by that is that the way the BBC is reporting it suggests there is an age in Italy at which prostitution becomes legal which as far as I am aware is not the case.
Originally posted by Maslo
Originally posted by hotel1
I first noticed this on the BBC news this morning and the way it is being reported as an underage prostitute is beginning to annoy me. What I mean by that is that the way the BBC is reporting it suggests there is an age in Italy at which prostitution becomes legal which as far as I am aware is not the case.
Are you sure? According to wikipedia, prostitution is legal in Italy from 18 years of age.
en.wikipedia.org...
Since she was 17 at the time, indeed the crime here is underage prostitution.edit on 24/6/13 by Maslo because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Zcustosmorum
reply to post by gortex
Hope the scum bag actually gets a prison sentence this time