Except that he won't spend a single day in jail. This is just the first sentence; it will have to go to appeal and then to cassation - and his lawyers will ensure that everything gets dragged out to infinity and beyond. And in any case, people aged over 70 usually get house-arrest in Italy; this ruling was passed when his business crony and lawyer, Cesare Previti, finally got sentenced to six years for bribery and corruption (guess on whose behalf) in 2006; so he did his time in his luxury apartment in Piazza Farnese.
Much as I'd like to picture B wearing a prison uniform and breaking rocks with a pick-axe, I'll try and make do with the thought that at this point it is at least unlikely he will be prime minister again (or president of the republic).
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