Thursday, April 7, 2011

The Court postponed the trial of Milan Berlusconi for the 'Ruby case' until May 31

Rome. .- The Court of Milan has delayed the process brought by the Office of the Lombard capital against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, for child prostitution and abuse of power, called 'Ruby case' until May 31, according to the newspaper 'La Repubblica'. The process had begun on Wednesday, but at the time of opening were not in the room or Berlusconi or young Moroccan Karim El Mahroug, popularly known as 'Ruby'.

The three judges presiding over the Court has declared "in default" to the agent, although the prime minister had sent a letter through his lawyers in which he explained that he would not at first sight because of his "institutional commitments ". Berlusconi is welcomed and the decree of 'lawful impediment', which allows officials not to attend the hearings due to incompatibility with official commitments related to their position, although the Italian Constitutional Court ruled recently that judges should be the ordinary people decide whether these commitments were justifiable.

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