The third defendant in the case is Rudy Guede, who has almost disappeared from media coverage after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison, to which he later appealed and got his sentence shortened to 16 years.
All three have denied being responsible for Kercher's death, and Guede has maintained throughout that he was present at the apartment with Kercher on the night of her murder.
On Nov. 18, 2009, ABC news had reported Guede's trial in which he had said "I want the Kercher family to know that I did not kill and did not rape their daughter. It was not me that took her life away."
Knox's legal team, however, had rejected Guede's account stating, "Today does not affect Amanda's trial because no one believes Rudy Guede. Guede is not reliable - he is a liar," Carlo Dalla Vedova, one of Knox's lawyers, told ABC News.
Guede claimed that he had heard Knox and Kercher argue right before the murder.
According to Guede's account, on the night of the murder, while he and Kercher were together in the apartment, he had gone to get something to drink when Kercher went into her room and began railing against Knox because money was missing from her drawer. "My money, my money," she kept saying.
He added, "She said that Amanda brought boys back to the house and that she couldn't stand her anymore."
According to Guede, he and Kercher started making out, but stopped. Ten minutes later when he went to the bathroom, and while there the doorbell rang and he heard Kercher arguing with Knox.
He figured it was an argument between the roommates and he turned on his ipod until he heard a scream. Guede claimed that when he ran to Kercher's room, he saw a male figure.
He also said that an unidentified man "tried to strike me. He backed down the hallway in the dark, fell, and heard the man say 'Let's go, there is black man in the house.'"
Guede testified that when he went to the window in one of the rooms, he saw "the silhouette of Amanda Knox leaving."
He said that an injured Kercher held his hand and tried talking to him but a terrified Guede fled from the scene, ABC News report said.
The case was built largely on DNA evidence that legal experts called flimsy and suspect. Serious doubts emerged over two crucial pieces of DNA evidence - a clasp from Kercher's bra and the alleged murder weapon, a black-handled kitchen knife, according to the Telegraph.
Knox has changed her statement many times and in the first interrogation has falsely accused Patrick Lumumba, a Congolese bar owner, of being the killer.
He was arrested based on Knox's statement and later released when a Swiss businessman read about the case and came forward to testify that he was talking to Lumumba in his bar on the night of the murder.
Lumumba said that Knox nearly ruined his life and he still has nightmares about his arrest.
Knox's next version of the night was that she was with her boyfriend on the night of the murder and they spent the night smoking marijuana, watching a movie and making love.
Sollecito initially said he was not sure Knox was with him, but later claimed his memory was hazy because of the marijuana he had smoked and that Knox had been with him.
The scene of the murder is still very hazy and there is no clear picture as to what really happened that night.
Those who know Knox in Perugia describe her as a notorious sex-crazed woman, whereas her family says she is an innocent and hard-working girl.
On the night of the murder, Knox and Sollecito's mobiles were switched off from around 8:40 p.m. till 6 a.m. of the next morning, adding more suspicion.
After all these years of trial and investigation, and two of the defendants walking home free, the murder of Meredith Kercher still remains a mystery.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/224525/20111004/amanda-knox-acquitted-murder-of-meredith-kercher-rudy-geude-confession-raffaele-sollecito-verdict.htm
All three have denied being responsible for Kercher's death, and Guede has maintained throughout that he was present at the apartment with Kercher on the night of her murder.
On Nov. 18, 2009, ABC news had reported Guede's trial in which he had said "I want the Kercher family to know that I did not kill and did not rape their daughter. It was not me that took her life away."
Knox's legal team, however, had rejected Guede's account stating, "Today does not affect Amanda's trial because no one believes Rudy Guede. Guede is not reliable - he is a liar," Carlo Dalla Vedova, one of Knox's lawyers, told ABC News.
Guede claimed that he had heard Knox and Kercher argue right before the murder.
According to Guede's account, on the night of the murder, while he and Kercher were together in the apartment, he had gone to get something to drink when Kercher went into her room and began railing against Knox because money was missing from her drawer. "My money, my money," she kept saying.
He added, "She said that Amanda brought boys back to the house and that she couldn't stand her anymore."
According to Guede, he and Kercher started making out, but stopped. Ten minutes later when he went to the bathroom, and while there the doorbell rang and he heard Kercher arguing with Knox.
He figured it was an argument between the roommates and he turned on his ipod until he heard a scream. Guede claimed that when he ran to Kercher's room, he saw a male figure.
He also said that an unidentified man "tried to strike me. He backed down the hallway in the dark, fell, and heard the man say 'Let's go, there is black man in the house.'"
Guede testified that when he went to the window in one of the rooms, he saw "the silhouette of Amanda Knox leaving."
He said that an injured Kercher held his hand and tried talking to him but a terrified Guede fled from the scene, ABC News report said.
The case was built largely on DNA evidence that legal experts called flimsy and suspect. Serious doubts emerged over two crucial pieces of DNA evidence - a clasp from Kercher's bra and the alleged murder weapon, a black-handled kitchen knife, according to the Telegraph.
Knox has changed her statement many times and in the first interrogation has falsely accused Patrick Lumumba, a Congolese bar owner, of being the killer.
He was arrested based on Knox's statement and later released when a Swiss businessman read about the case and came forward to testify that he was talking to Lumumba in his bar on the night of the murder.
Lumumba said that Knox nearly ruined his life and he still has nightmares about his arrest.
Knox's next version of the night was that she was with her boyfriend on the night of the murder and they spent the night smoking marijuana, watching a movie and making love.
Sollecito initially said he was not sure Knox was with him, but later claimed his memory was hazy because of the marijuana he had smoked and that Knox had been with him.
The scene of the murder is still very hazy and there is no clear picture as to what really happened that night.
Those who know Knox in Perugia describe her as a notorious sex-crazed woman, whereas her family says she is an innocent and hard-working girl.
On the night of the murder, Knox and Sollecito's mobiles were switched off from around 8:40 p.m. till 6 a.m. of the next morning, adding more suspicion.
After all these years of trial and investigation, and two of the defendants walking home free, the murder of Meredith Kercher still remains a mystery.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/224525/20111004/amanda-knox-acquitted-murder-of-meredith-kercher-rudy-geude-confession-raffaele-sollecito-verdict.htm
