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Italy's constitutional court has overturned a law granting Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while in office. The move opens the possibility that Mr Berlusconi could stand trial in at least three court cases, including one in which he is accused of corruption. The judges said immunity violated the principle that all citizens were equal. Mr Berlusconi said he had expected the ruling as the court was made up of left-wing judges, and would not resign. "We must govern for five years with or without the law," he told reporters outside his residence in Rome. The prime minister said any trial involving him would be a "farce".