adminCesano Boscone — Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi began community service for tax fraud yesterday in a spectacular fall from grace for the flamboyant ex-premier, who will likely seek political gain from the symbolic punishment.The billionaire tycoon, who was convicted last year and has been expelled from parliament, has been ordered to work once a week for up to a year as a volunteer in a hospice for Alzheimer’s patients near Milan.
“To prison!” a trade unionist protester in a clown hat shouted, as Berlusconi arrived at the clinic with his security detail in a chauffeur-driven car, wearing a blue suit with an Italian flag badge.
“We Italian workers have one dream in our hearts: Berlusconi in San Vittore!” he shouted, referring to a Milan prison, before being led away by police. — AP
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