Italy Student Murder: Three Charged With Kercher Killing
Formal murder charges laid against flatmate Amanda Knox, boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and Rudy Guede
Prosecutors who investigated the killing in Italy last year of the British student Meredith Kercher yesterday laid formal charges of murder against her American flatmate, Amanda Knox; Knox's Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, and Rudy Guede, a citizen of the Ivory Coast.
A judge in Perugia must now decide whether there is sufficient evidence for them to stand trial.
Kercher, who was spending a year in Perugia on a European university exchange scheme, was found dead last November in the house she shared with Knox and other students. The 21-year-old from Coulsdon, Surrey, had been choked, stabbed around the neck and throat, and sexually assaulted.
All three suspects were charged with sexual assault and having stolen from Kercher €300 (£240), two credit cards and two mobile phones. Knox and Sollecito were charged with simulating a burglary at the house. Knox alone was charged with making a false accusation.
A judge in Perugia must now decide whether there is sufficient evidence for them to stand trial.
Kercher, who was spending a year in Perugia on a European university exchange scheme, was found dead last November in the house she shared with Knox and other students. The 21-year-old from Coulsdon, Surrey, had been choked, stabbed around the neck and throat, and sexually assaulted.
All three suspects were charged with sexual assault and having stolen from Kercher €300 (£240), two credit cards and two mobile phones. Knox and Sollecito were charged with simulating a burglary at the house. Knox alone was charged with making a false accusation.
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