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 who was found guilty of British student Meredith Kercher’s murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison, has called for his case to be reviewed after Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were cleared of the killing at the end of March. https://www.thelocal.it/20150408/kerchers-convicted-murderer-wants-case-to-be-reviewed Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:22:41 +0200 kerchers-convicted-murderer-wants-case-to-be-reviewed UPDATED: Judges at Italy's top court worked into the evening on Friday mulling whether to uphold the murder conviction of Amanda Knox in what could be the final act of an eight-year legal drama. https://www.thelocal.it/20150327/knoxs-fate-in-hands-of-italys-top-court Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:49:51 +0100 knoxs-fate-in-hands-of-italys-top-court UPDATED: Italy's top court has put back a ruling on Amanda Knox's murder conviction to Friday, delaying what could be the final act of an eight-year legal drama that has captivated a global audience. https://www.thelocal.it/20150325/italy-ruling-on-knox-conviction-delayed-to-friday Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:23:19 +0100 italy-ruling-on-knox-conviction-delayed-to-friday Italy's top court is Wednesday considering whether to uphold the convictions of American Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The Local brings you the key dates in the case. https://www.thelocal.it/20150325/timeline-kercher-murder-case-reaches-high-court Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:38:51 +0100 timeline-kercher-murder-case-reaches-high-court Raffaele Sollecito, who in January was reconvicted alongside Amanda Knox of murdering British student Meredith Kercher, graduated on Tuesday after producing a thesis on the case as part of his degree. https://www.thelocal.it/20140716/sollecito-studied-kercher-murder-case-for-thesis Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:01:00 +0200 sollecito-studied-kercher-murder-case-for-thesis Raffaele Sollecito, convicted in January alongside Amanda Knox of killing British student Meredith Kercher, has taken his girlfriend to the Perugia house where the murder took place, according to Italian media reports on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140418/sollecito-takes-girlfriend-to-kercher-murder-house Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:18:00 +0200 sollecito-takes-girlfriend-to-kercher-murder-house Italian prosecutors on Tuesday asked for a 30-year prison sentence for former US student Amanda Knox at a retrial where she is being judged in absentia for the murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20131126/prosecutors-seek-year-sentence-for-amanda-knox Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:25:00 +0100 prosecutors-seek-year-sentence-for-amanda-knox US student Amanda Knox's former Italian lover Raffaele Sollecito described their "fairy tale" love as he protested his innocence on Wednesday at their trial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. https://www.thelocal.it/20131106/sollecito-amanda-was-my-first-love Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:39:00 +0100 sollecito-amanda-was-my-first-love The DNA of Amanda Knox, accused of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, has been found on a knife discovered at the home of her former lover Raffaele Sollecito, a Florence court was told on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131106/knox-dna-found-on-knife-in-murder-retrial Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:11:00 +0100 knox-dna-found-on-knife-in-murder-retrial Defence lawyers at the retrial of Amanda Knox for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher called Monday for new tests to be carried out on semen stains from the crime scene and DNA on the alleged murder weapon. https://www.thelocal.it/20130930/defence-seeks-new-dna-tests-in-knox-retrial Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:15:00 +0200 defence-seeks-new-dna-tests-in-knox-retrial The retrial of Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend for the sexual abuse and murder of a British student in 2007 begins in Florence on Monday, amid fierce questioning of Italy's justice system. https://www.thelocal.it/20130927/knox-murder-trial-to-begin-on-monday Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:51:00 +0200 knox-murder-trial-to-begin-on-monday Amanda Knox has said that she will not return to Italy because she is scared of prison and doesn't have enough money. The comments, which were made to a British newspaper on Sunday, come as the court date for her retrial looms. https://www.thelocal.it/20130916/knox-i-cant-afford-to-go-to-retrial Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:30:00 +0200 knox-i-cant-afford-to-go-to-retrial Raffaele Sollecito, who was convicted and later acquitted along with his American ex-girlfriend Amanda Knox for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, has spoken out on British television ahead of the looming retrial. https://www.thelocal.it/20130904/video-sollecito-slams-ridiculous-retrial Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:21:00 +0200 video-sollecito-slams-ridiculous-retrial An appeal trial over the murder of a British student in Italy is to begin on September 30th after Italy's top court overturned the acquittal of American Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. https://www.thelocal.it/20130709/knox-murder-appeal-to-begin-in-september Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:07:00 +0200 knox-murder-appeal-to-begin-in-september