Italy's constitutional court has thrown out a controversial law passed by the country's parliament last year granting Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution.
The rejection of the law paves the way for the resumption of an abandoned corruption trial against Mr Berlusconi, Italy's richest man, who was accused of attempting to bribe a judge during a business takeover deal.
Prosecutors alleged he was trying to stop a rival firm taking over state-owned food group SME in the 1980s.
