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 A priest in Bari province has stirred controversy after inviting churchgoers to a mass dedicated to Rocco Sollecito, a mafia boss shot dead in Canada in May. https://www.thelocal.it/20161227/uproar-as-priest-invites-public-to-mass-for-slain-canada-mafia-boss Tue, 27 Dec 2016 12:03:10 +0100 uproar-as-priest-invites-public-to-mass-for-slain-canada-mafia-boss Finally absolved of Meredith Kercher's murder, 31-year-old Raffaele Sollecito is starting afresh with a new business - dedicated to remembering the dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20160208/raffaele-sollecito-creates-a-social-network-for-the-dead Mon, 08 Feb 2016 14:29:53 +0100 raffaele-sollecito-creates-a-social-network-for-the-dead 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 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 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 Raffaele Sollecito, who will face a retrial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher next year, is calling on Facebook users to help raise €370,000 to pay his legal bill. https://www.thelocal.it/20130619/kercher-murder-accused-turns-to-crowd-funding-for-retrial Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:57:00 +0200 kercher-murder-accused-turns-to-crowd-funding-for-retrial