PERUGIA, Italy — A man convicted of murdering a British exchange student testified yesterday that he believes her roommate, Amanda Knox, and her ex-boyfriend killed her — an accusation that prompted an emotional denial from Knox.
“He knows we weren’t there,’’ American student Knox said moments after her accuser, Rudy Hermann Guede, left the courthouse. “I’m shocked and anguished by these statements.’’
The testimony by Guede, a 24-year-old immigrant from the Ivory Coast, was closely watched in the packed courtroom in Perugia. He had been called as a witness for the prosecution in the appeals trial of Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, her Italian ex-boyfriend and codefendant.
Knox and Sollecito were convicted in the Nov. 1, 2007, slaying of Meredith Kercher, whose body was found in a pool of blood in the apartment she and Knox shared in Perugia.
Prosecutors claimed in Knox’s first trial that Guede, Knox, and Sollecito killed Kercher in what had begun as a sexual game....
I'm out.
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Related: Amanda Knox indicted on slander charge
"Italy to try parents of American student" by Associated Press / February 16, 2011
PERUGIA, Italy — The parents of Amanda Knox, an American student convicted of murder in Italy, were ordered yesterday to stand trial for alleging that Italian police abused their daughter, a lawyer and media reports said.
Curt Knox and Edda Mellas were indicted in Perugia for libel, said the Italian news agency ANSA. Lawyer Luciano Ghirga confirmed the indictment and said trial was set for July 4.
He said the couple did not attend the hearing.
The charge stems from an interview they gave Britain’s Sunday Times years ago in which the father alleged that police had physically and verbally abused his daughter during questioning after the 2007 slaying of Meredith Kercher, before Knox was arrested. Police have denied harming Knox.
A Knox family representative said there would be no comment.
Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting and murdering Kercher in the apartment she shared with Knox in the central Italian city of Perugia. Kercher was stabbed to death the night of Nov. 1, 2007.
I notice the LURID SEX GAMES they subjected the poor girl to remain unmentioned.
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Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison, and Sollecito, 25 years. Both deny wrongdoing and their appeals trial is underway.
Another man, Rudy Guede, was also convicted in the killing. Italy’s highest criminal court has already upheld Guede’s conviction and his 16-year prison sentence.
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"Knox court given conflicting details
PERUGIA — A key prosecution witness testifying in Amanda Knox’s appeals trial gave conflicting testimony yesterday about whether he saw the American near the crime scene the night her British roommate was murdered. The witness was Antonio Curatolo, a homeless man who is now in prison (AP)."
Also see: Italian Love Stories
Yeah, that trial sure faded from the Globe's pages.
