Meanwhile, Lumumba is released from custody, though he remains a suspect. The clasp , retrieved from Kercher's room nearly seven weeks after the murder, bolsters the prosecution's assertion that the suspects engaged in a dangerous sex game with the victim, though it also supports the defense's criticisms of a sloppy investigation and contaminated crime scene. October 28, Guede is sentenced to 30 years in prison; Knox and Sollecito are ordered to stand trial.
Guede had elected to undergo a "fast-track" trial separate from the other defendants. That same day, a judge determines that there is enough evidence for Knox and Sollecito to stand full trial on murder charges. A floral tribute with photographs of Meredith Kercher. After 14 months in jail, Knox and Sollecito appear in a Perugia court for the start of the murder trial. The presiding judge determines that the high-profile proceedings can be held with the media present, but no live television coverage.
Taking the stand for the first time in the case, Knox testifies that she spent the night of the murder at her boyfriend's home, where they smoked marijuana, made love and fell asleep. She also refutes the accusation that she and Kercher didn't get along, and insists that she signed the confession that implicated Lumumba only because she was under intense pressure from the police. The Knox-Sollecito trial nearing its end, Guede makes headlines during his separate appeal with a spontaneous statement in which he recounts Knox and Kercher getting into an argument before the latter's killing by an unidentified man.
Guede later sees his sentence reduced to 16 years. At the conclusion of a trial that saw more than 50 hearings and dozens of witnesses called, the defendants are convicted of Kercher's murder, with a teary Knox sentenced to 26 years and Sollecito receiving a year sentence.
Meredith Kercher was an exchange student at the University of Perugia in Who was Meredith Kercher? Image source, Getty Images. Rudy Guede, centre, was convicted of Ms Kercher's murder in More on the case:.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Amanda Knox: "I'm afraid of being framed". Pictured: The former couple in Guede's fingerprints were found at the scene along with a palm print in blood belonging to him. He admitted to having been at the apartment but has always denied killing or sexually assaulting Kercher.
He said he had gone into a 'state of shock' after finding her dead after he returned from the bathroom. Following the murder, Guede fled by train to Germany where he was arrested days later. He was charged with her murder and sexual assault and handed down a year sentence, which was later cut to 16 years by an appeals court. Knox and Sollecito both spent four years in prison after their convictions.
Knox was also convicted of defamation for wrongly accusing Patrick Lumumba, a bar owner, of the murder. Lumumba spent two weeks in jail, only being released when someone came forward with an alibi. Knox and Sollecito were acquitted in only to be convicted again in by a Florentine appeals court.
The appeals court ruled that the injuries inflicted on Kercher's body could not have been inflicted by Guede alone. However in , Italy's highest court overturned the decision in a final ruling, saying Knox and Sollecito's convictions were the result of 'stunning flaws' in the investigation. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback. Killer, 33, who murdered British university student Meredith Kercher in Italy is released from prison to finish his sentence doing community service Rudy Guede, 33, was convicted of killing the year-old student in Kercher was killed in Perugia just two months after arriving to study abroad Guede's DNA was found at the scene and he fled to Germany after the murder Kercher's case drew huge media attention, much of which centred on her housemate Amanda Knox, who was also convicted before being cleared in Knox's then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was also convicted and cleared By Charlotte Mitchell For Mailonline Published: GMT, 6 December Updated: GMT, 6 December e-mail 2.
Share this article Share. He claims he left the room to go to the bathroom where he heard a scream and saw a man - who he described as "foreign" - in the house. Guede then described how the unnamed man had warned Knox they had been "discovered" and ran out of the building before saying "black man found, guilty found". He described finding her lying there as a "heartbreaking moment" and said "she was trying to tell me something". Guede - who is originally from the Ivory Coast - said he had then attempted to flee to Germany because he "was afraid they would not believe me".
I thought: Negro found guilty. Police have always maintained that Guede did not act alone and Ms Kercher was killed in a "sex game gone wrong" which also involved Ms Knox and her then boyfriend Rafaelle Sollecito.
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