The trial against Berlusconi: the Mysterious death of a witness

After the sudden death of a witness in the trial against Italy's former Prime Minister Berlusconi, the judiciary is determined. The 33-year-old Ex-Model had died in the hospital, possibly from poisoning.

By Tassilo Forchheimer, ARD Studio Rome

The case gives plenty of puzzles. Only now it became known that the young woman was delivers by the end of January with unclear symptoms in a clinic in Milan, where you finally on 1. March died. According to Italian media information, the Ex-model had spoken to her lawyer and her brother, the fear to be poisoned.

An Italian newspaper wants to have brought in experience, that in the body of the Morocco-born woman substances samples have been found that suggest radioactive poisoning. Including, among other things, chromium and cobalt had been reported by an Italian television station. Radio activity had not been directly in the blood, however, is fixable.

Berlusconi claims he didn Fadil never met.

not Really sure, seems only, that the Prosecutor's office is investigating the case, and in all directions From premeditated murder to self-mutilation'm going to currently pulled everything into consideration.

Imane Fadil had said in the "Ruby"trial against Silvio Berlusconi as a witness. The young woman should have taken part in debauched Sex Parties at the Ex-heads of government, also known as "Bunga-Bunga parties". This, however, to point out to the woman, never spoken and met.

Imane Fadil is on the way to a court in Milan (file photo from 2012)

Imane Fadil had stressed, however, the beginning of the year, to have always told the truth and to have several corruption trials from Berlusconi's environment is rejected. At the same time they had announced that soon a book about her life published.