'Heart Stealer' wants to be heard at Berlusconi sex trial The young woman at the centre of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial for having sex with an underage prostitute said on Thursday she wanted to be heard in a courtroom just as the case is heading for a verdict within weeks. In a lone protest outside the courts in Milan, Moroccan-born exotic dancer Karima El-Mahroug, known as "Ruby the Heart Stealer", said she had been "manipulated" by prosecutors and the media. Images and soundbitesREFILING PROTECTIVELY