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 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 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 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 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 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 Raffaele Sollecito, convicted with former lover Amanda Knox of the murder of a British student, has been picked up by police near the Italian border and has surrendered his passport. https://www.thelocal.it/20140131/sollecito Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:42:00 +0100 sollecito 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 American Amanda Knox's defence lawyer said her innocence was "rock-solid" on Thursday, as an Italian court prepared to issue a new verdict over the savage murder of her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007. https://www.thelocal.it/20140130/knoxs-innocence-is-rock-solid-lawyer Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:58:12 +0100 knoxs-innocence-is-rock-solid-lawyer Italian judges will decide Thursday whether to uphold or overturn American Amanda Knox's conviction for the savage murder of her British housemate, in the case's fourth verdict in six years. https://www.thelocal.it/20140130/kercher-family-still-has-faith-in-italian-justice-system Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:53:00 +0100 kercher-family-still-has-faith-in-italian-justice-system