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Kercher Murder: Guede Guilty, "Foxy Knoxy" & Sollecito to Stand Trial
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by Christina 123 | October 28, 2008 at 11:55 am
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RUDY GUEDE, 21, has been found guilty in Perugia, Italy, tonight of the murder of Meredith Kercher, 21, a Leeds university student, who was found murdered after a bizarre sex ritual at her apartment, in November last year. She shared the apartment with Amanda "Foxy Knoxy", 21, from Seattle.
Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, 24, have been ordered by the judge tonight to stand full trial, as Meredith Kercher's parents looked on. Kercher's mother was ovewhelmed with emotion by the verdict and the ruling.
Guede, an Ivory Coast national, has been sentenced to 30 years. Update 28th Oct 2008 GMT 21:03
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THE SOLICITORS for Raffaele Sollecito, 24, one of the suspects in the pre-trial hearings, together with suspects American national, Amanda "Foxy Knoxy" Knox, 21, and Rudy Guede claim all three may have left DNA fingerprints in the bra clasp of murder victim British Leeds University student, Merideth Kercher, 21.
Knox and Sollecitio were standing outside the apartment in which Kercher was murdered when police arrived, the court heard today.
A ruling is expected from the judge within a the next few hours on whether Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollectio will stand for full trial. A verdict is expected on Rudy Guede, 21, an Ivory Coast national, who has been charged, shortly.
Lawyers for Raffaele Sollecito, one of three people accused of murdering the British student Meredith Kercher, have claimed for the first time that DNA belonging to Amanda Knox and Rudy Guede could be on the victim's bra clasp.
Yesterday, prosecutor Manuela Comodi brought a white bra into court to demonstrate how she believes Sollecito, Knox's boyfriend, removed Kercher's bra while leaving his DNA where it was discovered on the clasp. The prosecution argued it proved his involvement in Kercher's murder last November in Perugia.
Francesco Vinci, a forensic science expert hired by Sollecito's legal team, said the DNA of all three suspects and two other unidentified people might be on the bra. Sollecito's lawyers say this proves their theory that the clasp was contaminated after police mistakenly left it on the floor of Kercher's bedroom for weeks before testing it. "There is a mix of DNA due to contamination and it is not usable as proof," said Sollecito's lawyer, Giulia Bongiorno, before entering court yesterday.
The claim, which could weaken the defence of Knox and Guede, came on the final full day of pre-trial hearings. The judge, Paolo Micheli, is expected to decide today whether to send the American student Knox, 21, and Italian IT graduate Sollecito, 24, to a full trial.
A verdict is expected today in the trial of the other suspect, Guede, a 21-year-old Ivory Coast national. He opted for a fast-track trial that began last month, presided over by Micheli.
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at 14:29 on October 28th, 2008
Foxy Knoxy may be guilty as hell for what is a horrific and cowardly crime, but she has some how got hotter while in jail. What is the secret for that amazing look she has going on? The vagitarian diet giving her the glow?
at 23:24 on December 5th, 2008
amanda knox was one of the murderers for sure.