Silvio Berlusconi hopes to overturn the ban that prevents him running for office ALESSANDRO GAROFALO/REUTERSA British barrister who has represented Myra Hindley and Abu Hamza has been hired by Silvio Berlusconi to resurrect his political career. Edward Fitzgerald, QC, who practises alongside Amal Clooney at London’s Doughty Street Chambers and has been jokingly described as ‘the Devil’s advocate’, will argue next week at the European Court of Human Rights that the former Italian prime minister must be allowed to stand for re-election, despite a tax fraud conviction. Edward Fitzgerald will argue that the ban on the media mogul is unfair and should be lifted ODD ANDERSEN/GETTY IMAGESForced to resign in 2011 as the Italian economy crashed and lurid tales of his parties emerged, Mr Berlusconi was convicted of tax evasion in 2013, triggering a decree passed a year earlier barring convicted politicians from office. The senate voted to oust him as a member. The media mogul, 81, has…

Source: The Times November 16, 2017 17:03 UTC