ROME, March 27, 2011 – Italian media reports citing Piero Longo, lawyer of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, suggest that Mr Berlusconi is set to appear in a court on Monday on account of breach of trust in his business interests.
"The plan is for the prime minister to attend the hearing on Monday but if he has institutional duties it’s obvious that he will not be able to come," said his lawyer Piero Longo, the reports said Sunday.
The hearing in Milan is set to decide whether Berlusconi, a billionaire tycoon-turned-politician whose family now runs his media empire, should stand trial for the case involving his company Mediatrade.
Piersilvio Cipolotti, a member of the law office representing Berlusconi, told media that Berlusconi "could make a spontaneous declaration" at the hearing.
The 74-year-old Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is already a defendant in two trials in progress and is also likely to stand trial starting on April 6 on allegations of having sex with an underage prostitute and then using his position to try and obscure the alleged crime.
The abuse of office charge carries a sentence of up to 12 years in prison.
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