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| Berlusconi associates guilty of procuring prostitutes | Berlusconi associates guilty of procuring prostitutes |
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| Three associates of former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi have been found guilty of procuring prostitutes for his controversial "bunga bunga" parties. | Three associates of former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi have been found guilty of procuring prostitutes for his controversial "bunga bunga" parties. |
| Emilio Fede, Lele Mora and Nicole Minetti were given jail sentences of between five and seven years. | Emilio Fede, Lele Mora and Nicole Minetti were given jail sentences of between five and seven years. |
| Last month Mr Berlusconi was given seven years in jail for paying for sex with 17-year-old Karima El Mahroug. | Last month Mr Berlusconi was given seven years in jail for paying for sex with 17-year-old Karima El Mahroug. |
| Both Mr Berlusconi and Ms Mahroug deny having had sex, and she says she has never been a prostitute. | Both Mr Berlusconi and Ms Mahroug deny having had sex, and she says she has never been a prostitute. |
| Ms Mahroug is one of the women that the three associates in the current trial are alleged to have procured. | Ms Mahroug is one of the women that the three associates in the current trial are alleged to have procured. |
| Mr Berlusconi is appealing against the earlier ruling, which also banned him from public office. He remains a free man and a member of parliament while he does so. | |
| Mr Berlusconi insists the alleged sex parties were actually dinners where female guests performed "burlesque" dancing. | Mr Berlusconi insists the alleged sex parties were actually dinners where female guests performed "burlesque" dancing. |
| Raunchy dance | Raunchy dance |
| The three convicted in the current trial deny the charges and are likely to appeal. | |
| The prosecution said they used to vet the young women and then introduce them to Mr Berlusconi's soirees at his mansion near Milan, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Rome. | The prosecution said they used to vet the young women and then introduce them to Mr Berlusconi's soirees at his mansion near Milan, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Rome. |
| The prosecution told the court the evenings would begin with dinner, but become increasingly sexually charged, our correspondent adds. | |
| The court heard of an occasion when Ms Minetti, formerly a showgirl, performed a raunchy dance for the then prime minister. | The court heard of an occasion when Ms Minetti, formerly a showgirl, performed a raunchy dance for the then prime minister. |
| She appeared dressed as a nun and then stripped down to her underwear. | She appeared dressed as a nun and then stripped down to her underwear. |
| She told her lawyer by telephone that she was "stunned by the excessive punishment", AFP reports. | |
| Mr Fede, a former talent agent, and Mr Mora, a television host, were also banned from holding public office. | |
| Mr Berlusconi has blamed the multiple legal cases against him on left-wing elements in the judiciary. He says they are determined to smear him and drive him out of politics. | |
| Neither he nor Ms Mahroug was a defendant in the current trial. | |
| However, judges have asked prosecutors to investigate whether he lied when testifying in the three aides' defence and should face further charges. |