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Kercher murdered "to satisfy sexual instincts" »

Meredith Kercher

The trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher entered its third week with the accused Italian student making a plea of innocence before the court. Sollecito, 24, stood before the court on Friday 6 F...

Wed 11 Feb 2009 by Hiran Balasuriya | Read more »

Appeals for witnesses following alleged drugs feud killing »

Martyn Barclay

The parents of a man shot dead in the south of Edinburgh have appealed for witnesses as local reports indicate that he was caught up in an Edinburgh drugs feud. A 26 year-old father-of-one, Martyn Barclay was found in the early hours of Saturday 17 Ja...

Sun 25 Jan 2009 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

30 years for Meredith Kercher's killer »

Meredith Kercher

Rudy Guede has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of student Meredith Kercher. ERASMUS student Meredith Kercher, 21, was found dead on 2 November 2007 in Perugia, Italy. Speaking to reporters after the trial, Kercher’s sister, ...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 by Emma Blinkhorn | Read more »

Migrant murdered and mutilated for £1,400 »

A Lithuanian man is facing life in prison after admitting his part in the murder of a migrant worker whose head was found wrapped in a black plastic bag by children on the Angus shore, in north-east Scotland, on 1 April 2008.Aleksandras Skirda, 19, ple...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Elisabeth Evans | Read more »

Family speaks out ahead of Kercher hearing »

Meredith Kercher

Legal proceedings have begun in Italy in the case of murdered British exchange student Meredith Kercher, with members of her family in attendance. Ms Kercher, 21, from south London, was killed in the Italian city of Perugia in November while partici...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

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