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Famed fashion duo Dolce and Gabbana are sentenced to one year and eight months in prison for tax evasion on Wednesday in Milan, Italy. When we heard the news some months back that fashion duo, Dolce & Gabbana may be going to jail for tax evasion , we were filled with trepidation. Italy's appeals court upheld a verdict issued last June against the pair on charges of using Luxembourg holding company Gado to avoid paying taxes on royalties of about 1billion euros (£820million). The designers who have always denied any wrongdoing said they would appeal the decision. Lawyer Massimo Dinoia said: 'I am speechless. We are all shocked. The judgement is inexplicable and we will appeal. 'The prosecutor himself asked for them to be cleared.' The Milan prosecutor had asked the court back in March to clear the pair, who in a protest last year at being 'pilloried' closed their Milan stores.