https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Rudy Guede, the man currently serving a 16-year jail sentence for the 2008 murder of 21 year old British exchange student Meredith Kercher, has been given 36 hours of temporary release from prison as a reward for good behaviour. https://www.thelocal.it/20160524/kerchers-killer-granted-36-hours-of-liberty Tue, 24 May 2016 12:41:08 +0200 kerchers-killer-granted-36-hours-of-liberty The European Court of Human Rights has accepted a case submitted by Amanda Knox's lawyers over rights violations she allegedly suffered at the hands of Italian authorities during the 2007 investigation into the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/amanda-knoxs-case-against-italy-accepted-by-court-of-human-rights Wed, 18 May 2016 12:24:52 +0200 amanda-knoxs-case-against-italy-accepted-by-court-of-human-rights Amanda Knox was cleared on Thursday of slandering police officers and a prosecutor involved in the investigation into the 2007 killing of British student Meredith Kercher. https://www.thelocal.it/20160115/amanda-knox-cleared-of-slandering-italian-police Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:24:54 +0100 amanda-knox-cleared-of-slandering-italian-police Italy’s top court said on Monday that there was an “absolute lack of biological traces” connecting American Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, to the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. https://www.thelocal.it/20150907/no-proof-beyond-doubt-in-kercher-case-top-court Mon, 07 Sep 2015 17:30:51 +0200 no-proof-beyond-doubt-in-kercher-case-top-court Raffaele Sollecito, who was on Friday cleared of the killing of British student Meredith Kercher, has said he "will never accept being called a murderer". https://www.thelocal.it/20150330/i-will-never-accept-being-called-a-murderer-sollecito Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:23:01 +0200 i-will-never-accept-being-called-a-murderer-sollecito UPDATED: Meredith Kercher's mother said on Friday she was "surprised and very shocked" by Italy's top court clearing Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of her daughter's murder. https://www.thelocal.it/20150327/kerchers-mother-shocked-by-italy-verdict Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:44:19 +0100 kerchers-mother-shocked-by-italy-verdict American Amanda Knox expressed "tremendous" relief on Friday after Italy's top court cleared her of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher, drawing a line under the eight-year legal saga. https://www.thelocal.it/20150327/knox-relieved-and-grateful-after-italy-verdict Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:35:54 +0100 knox-relieved-and-grateful-after-italy-verdict UPDATED: Italy's top court on Friday cleared Amanda Knox of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher, bringing a sensational end to an eight-year legal drama. https://www.thelocal.it/20150327/knox-verdict Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:22:41 +0100 knox-verdict The lawyer for the family of Meredith Kercher told The Local that he would push for the extradition of Amanda Knox from the US if her conviction for murdering the British student is upheld by Italy’s highest court on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150323/kerchers-want-knox-extradited-if-verdict-upheld Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:14:11 +0100 kerchers-want-knox-extradited-if-verdict-upheld The murder trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito will reach Italy’s highest court in March 2015, more than a year after they were found guilty of killing British student Meredith Kercher. https://www.thelocal.it/20141001/italys-high-court-to-hear-kercher-murder-case-in-march Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:32:00 +0200 italys-high-court-to-hear-kercher-murder-case-in-march American Amanda Knox said on Thursday that she was innocent of murdering her British housemate Meredith Kercher, claiming that the pair had "never fought" and were "becoming friends" in the weeks leading up to the student's murder. https://www.thelocal.it/20140502/i-never-fought-with-kercher-knox Fri, 02 May 2014 13:16:00 +0200 i-never-fought-with-kercher-knox Amanda Knox and her Italian lover slayed British student Meredith Kercher after an argument spiralled out of control, an Italian court said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140430/kercher-was-not-killed-in-sex-game-judges Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:30:00 +0200 kercher-was-not-killed-in-sex-game-judges A recording of Amanda Knox being interrogated over the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher has been released, in which she says she blamed someone else for the crime because she was "stressed". https://www.thelocal.it/20140217/stressed-knox-interrogation-tape-released Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:08:00 +0100 stressed-knox-interrogation-tape-released Amanda Knox, found guilty for the second time in January of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, has taken to the social media website Twitter to declare her innocence. https://www.thelocal.it/20140212/knox-faces-backlash-for-twitter-innocent-selfie Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:00:00 +0100 knox-faces-backlash-for-twitter-innocent-selfie The sister of murdered British student Meredith Kercher said it would be “difficult to meet Amanda Knox after everything that has happened”. https://www.thelocal.it/20140131/it-would-be-difficult-to-meet-knox-after-everything Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:52:00 +0100 it-would-be-difficult-to-meet-knox-after-everything Francesco Maresca, the lawyer for the family of Meredith Kercher, told The Local that Italy has “come out in front” after a Florence court found Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito guilty of her murder. https://www.thelocal.it/20140131/italy-has-come-out-in-front-kercher-lawyer Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:04:00 +0100 italy-has-come-out-in-front-kercher-lawyer The United States will have little legal argument for turning down an extradition request should Italy seek the return of Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British housemate. https://www.thelocal.it/20140131/us-will-likely-extradite-knox-if-italy-asks-lawyers Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:00:00 +0100 us-will-likely-extradite-knox-if-italy-asks-lawyers Amanda Knox lamented on Thursday what she called the "unjust" verdict handed down by an Italian court that reconvicted her for the 2007 murder of her British housemate Meredith Kercher. https://www.thelocal.it/20140130/amanda-knox-saddened-by-unjust-verdict Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:06:00 +0100 amanda-knox-saddened-by-unjust-verdict A court in Florence on Thursday sentenced American student Amanda Knox to 28 years and six months in prison for the murder of her British housemate in 2007 in the latest dramatic twist in the high-profile case. https://www.thelocal.it/20140130/amanda-knox-raffaele-sollecito-meredith-kercher-murder-retrial-florence-verdict Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:00:00 +0100 amanda-knox-raffaele-sollecito-meredith-kercher-murder-retrial-florence-verdict US student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito face a fresh verdict on Thursday in their retrial for the murder and sexual assault of British student Meredith Kercher. The Local brings you live updates. https://www.thelocal.it/20140130/knox-and-sollecito-face-kercher-murder-verdict Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:36:00 +0100 knox-and-sollecito-face-kercher-murder-verdict