High presence of cadmium and antimony found in blood of Imane Fadil

Milan prosecutor Francesco Greco told a press conference Monday that preliminary test on the Moroccan model and key prosecution witness in a Berlusconi trial had, a high concentration of cadmium and antimony in her blood when she died.

Partial results from a test have also confirmed the presence of radioactive elements in her body.

Imane Fadil, 34, was set to testify in the alleged bribery case of the now notorious bunga bunga parties when she fell ill at the end of January saying she had been poisoned and died on March 1.

Greco said that tests had shown above-normal levels of antimony and cadmium, and the prosecutors were awaiting definitive autopsy results.

The antimony levels were almost three times normal and the cadmium was almost seven times higher than the normal range, Greco said.

Silvio Berlusconi was convicted but eventually acquitted of having paid for sex with teen Moroccan runaway exotic dancer and underage prostitute Karima el-Mahroug, known by the stage name Ruby Rubacuori, after judges ruled he could not have known she was a minor.

He has since been indicted more than once on suspicion of bribing witnesses to lie about the nature of his sex parties.

On Monday Italian investigators also questioned the head of the Milan clinic where a Moroccan model died after saying she had been poisoned.
Via Corriere della Sera