Furies by you: or Three women judges to hear Silvio Berlusconi hooker trial

Three female judges will hear the case, which was "fast-tracked" by judge Cristina Di Censa to take place in Milan on April 6.

Odes of Giosue Carducci/Miramar:  Darkly the Furies, by you, to the wind.  Shake out the sails.

In Greek mythology the Erinnýes (Ἐρινύες, pl. of Ἐρινύς, Erinýs; literally "the angry ones") or Eumenídes (Εὐμενίδες, pl. of Εὐμενίς; literally "the gracious ones" but also translated as "Kind-hearted Ones" or "Kindly Ones") or Furies or Dirae in Roman mythology were female chthonic deities of vengeance or supernatural personifications of the anger of the dead. A formulaic oath in the Iliad invokes them as "those who beneath the earth punish whosoever has sworn a false oath". Burkert suggests they are "an embodiment of the act of self-cursing contained in the oath".

It's more than ironic for Berlusconi...