A convicted mob hit man testified Friday that he was told Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi made a deal with the Mafia in the 1990s, offering unspecified benefits in exchange for political support.
Berlusconi has denied the allegations, which have set off the latest storm to rattle the scandal-plagued premier.
Gaspare Spatuzza testified as a prosecution witness in the appeals trial of Sen. Marcello Dell'Utri, a close political associate of Berlusconi who was convicted in 2004 of ties with the Sicilian Mafia and sentenced to nine years in prison. Berlusconi is not formally involved in the trial.
Spatuzza, who is serving a life sentence for several …
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