Ruby ter, pm: “Berlusconi is old but the process must be done”

Silvio Berlusconi is suffering from “an illness, which is old age, and which is studded with a series of pathologies compatible with old age and aggravated by this”. But “if he weren’t supported by an infinite series of doctors and authoritative lawyers, he would be here to make the trial”. Thus the deputy prosecutor of Milan, Tiziana Siciliano, in the so-called Ruby ter Milan trial, which sees, among others, the former prime minister and leader of Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi. “We do not need consultants to examine the medical records” of the accused, Siciliano continued, which shows a picture of “fragility”, with “annoying” but “not particularly disabling” diseases. “Is the picture of such gravity as to force 50 people into a trial that must find its own conclusion?” Asked the deputy prosecutor. Read also “We were wrong to ask for the separation of the trial” for Silvio Berlusconi in the so-called Ruby ter Milanese procedure, Siciliano said again adding: “It was an untimely request and the impulse to be good people prevailed”, given the ” clinical picture characterized by conditions that had very alarmed us “. Before the summer, the prosecutor had asked for the removal of Berlusconi’s position due to the health conditions that prevented him from being present at the trial. “The extremely serious clinical condition made us ask for separation in order to respect the conditions of this elderly person, whose old age had to be respected. We trusted them”, he added. Then, however, “summer arrived and we saw the accused feel visibly better, running around in the cart and taking over the reins of Italy with the other political leaders, always smiling. We were very happy about it”, he continued. Sicilian. But the medical conditions worsened again and the new certifications arrived and the defense’s request for a new postponement of the hearing for health reasons. “We also considered the possibility of creating a video or web link with him”, requests that were “rejected or not cultivated”. Ruby ter, lawyer Berlusconi: “Worsened health conditions, worried doctors”