American college student Amanda Knox was convicted and then acquitted in the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy. Knox’s acquittal was overturned in 2013 and she was again convicted of murder in 2014. Her conviction was overturned in 2015.
Is Rudy Guede still in jail?
Guede received a partial release in 2017 in order to attend school and has been working at a library in central Italy and as a volunteer for a Catholic charity. His sentence was set to end in 2022.
Who killed Meredith Kercher Italy?
Rudy Guede, the only person definitively convicted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, has been granted permission by an Italian court to finish the rest of his sentence doing community service. Guede, 34, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2008.
When was Meredith Kercher killed?
Born in London in 1985, Ms Kercher went to the University of Perugia in 2007 as an exchange student. On 1 November that year she was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her flat, accommodation she shared with American student Amanda Knox.
What happened Rudy Guede?
Guede, whose DNA was found at the crime scene, has now been freed from prison and will be allowed to finish his sentence doing community service in the city where he has been serving time for 13 years.