NEW : Silvio Berlusconi will appeal the verdict . The sentence in that conviction was suspended . Comment: His lawyer says the case shows judicial bias against Berlusconi . The former prime minister was accused of publishing a rival 's wiretapped conversation . Berlusconi 's brother also was sentenced to prison .
NEW : Silvio Berlusconi will appeal the verdict . Comment: His lawyer says the case shows judicial bias against Berlusconi . The former prime minister was accused of publishing a rival 's wiretapped conversation . Berlusconi 's brother also was sentenced to prison .