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Italy frees man convicted of 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher
Rudy Guede was freed today after serving most of his 16-year prison sentence.
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Rudy Guede was freed today after serving most of his 16-year prison sentence.
The European Court of Human Rights said police did not provide her with a lawyer or interpreter.
The 30-year-old, who spent the guts of a decade fighting a murder conviction in Italy over the death of her then flatmate, made a memorable appearance on last night’s show.
Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were acquitted at the end of last week.
Raffaele Sollecito also described his relationship with Knox as a “simple story of affection”.
She said, “The knowledge of my innocence has given me strength in the darkest times of this ordeal.”
Knox said she would be dragged ‘kicking and screaming’ back to Italy.
A long extradition fight for Amanda Knox is expected following January’s sentencing of 28 and a half years in prison.
Raffaele Sollecito said he turned back from a trip when he learned he had been convicted for a second time of the killing of Meredith Kercher.
Knox says that she will fight her conviction “to the very end”.
Sollecito had his murder verdict for the killing of Meredith Kercher reinstated last night. American Amanda Knox was also found guilty of murder after the retrial.
A court in Italy is due to announce new appeal verdicts for Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, who have been accused of killing a British student in 2007.
But Knox herself is not returning to Italy, saying: “I was depicted as a young, unscrupulous liar. A sex fiend, a murderess. I’m not coming back.”
Amanda Knox defends her decision not to return to Italy for a new appeals trial.
In a bid to promote her autobiography that is out today, Knox says she wants “the truth to come out”.
The United States does not normally extradite its citizens to face legal action.
Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were acquitted on appeal in 2011 for the killing of Meredith Kercher – but now face a retrial.
John Kercher has released a book about his “beloved” young daughter – six months before Amanda Knox publishes her version of events.
The 24-year-old Seattle woman is to write about her experience of being tried and convicted of the murder of her British room-mate in Italy in 2007 – and her eventual acquittal.
Knox and former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito successfully appealed their conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher and were freed last year.
An Italian appeals court has outlined why it chose to overturn the convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito – no murder weapon, faulty evidence collecting and no motive.
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Fooled by an early declaration of guilt on a slander charge, the Daily Mail and Sun post stories declaring Knox to have lost her appeal.
Amanda Knox will return to Seattle this week, after being acquitted of murder, but may be back due to a prosecution appeal.
Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have been cleared of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher four years ago and are free to go.
The US student and her ex-boyfriend are now awaiting news of the success or failure of their murder conviction appeal.
Watch live footage, via CBS, of the final hours in the courtroom in Perugia, where Amanda Knox’s fate will be decided today.
Knox is no femme fatale, according to her lawyer, “she’s just drawn that way”.
Lawyers for a British student, who Amanda Knox had accused of murdering Meredith Kercher, lashes out in court.
US student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend are appealing their convictions for the murder of Knox’s flatmate Meredith Kercher four years ago in Italy.
The decision is good news for the American student as it means an independent review of DNA evidence — previously ordered by the appeals court and hugely favorable to Knox — will stand.
A verdict in the appeal against her conviction for the murder of a British student in 2007 is expected by the end of the month.
Appeal of murder conviction for death of Meredith Kercher, 21, continues in Italy.
Rudy Guede told the court that Knox and her ex-boyfriend murdered Meredith Kercher nearly four years ago.
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A convicted child murderer has claimed he was told Knox had nothing to do with the murder of Meredith Kercher nearly four years ago.
Independent experts appointed to review DNA evidence are now expected to request an extension at this weekend’s court hearing.
Knox is trying to overturn her conviction for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.