ROME, Italy (UPI) -- A close associate of former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi checked into a prison in Rome Friday after an appeals court upheld his conviction.
Cesare Previti, who served as Berlusconi`s lawyer and defense minister, was found guilty in a case involving bribery of a judge. Late Thursday, the Court of Cassation set his sentence at six years.
Previti, 71, may soon win some measure of freedom, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. A law passed while Berlusconi still headed the Italian government allows house arrest or other alternatives to prison for convicts over 70.
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Previti also denied any wrongdoing, saying he is 'serene in the knowledge that they are sending an innocent man to jail.'
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