jurisdiction to try the case. The case has been transferred to Perugia. The prescription term, however, was very close (April 2007). He is accused of corrupting judge Renato Squillante: the sum of about $434,000 was transferred from Silvio Berlusconi's personal account to one of his lawyer Previti's accounts and later to the judge's account. IMI-SIR trial In the "Imi-Sir" case, he was sentenced to eleven years in jail on 29 April 2003 and he appealed. He was later sentenced to seven years on 23 May 2005 but he appealed again. Final Conviction On 4 May 2006 was definitely sentenced by the Corte di Cassazione to six years. House Arrests Thanks to laws passed by Silvio Berlusconi government, at the time of his arrest, he was already old enough to ask to have his prison time turned into house arrest. The change was carried out on 10 May 2006. Previti had spent only few days in prison. In both cases, he was also forbidden to run for or hold public offices. On 11 December 2006 he was charged with defamation. He had accused judges of hiding evidence in previous Berlusconi trials. Milan court judges were found not guilty by the Brescia court, which later opened a case against Previti. He finally resigned under great pressure from the Chamber of Deputies on 31 July 2007. References 1934 births Living people People from Reggio Calabria Forza Italia politicians Italian Ministers of Defence