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Meredith Kercher Murder Update

By David Lohr

Rudy Hermann Guede, 22, a suspect in the Meredith Kercher murder investigation, is the first person to stand trial in the headline grabbing Perugia, Italy case.  Guede, fearing that the other two suspects in the case, Amanda Knox, 21, and Knox's boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, 24, have made a pact between themselves to set him up and pin the blame on him for Meredith's murder, has asked for a "fast-track" trial.  Guede's lawyers, Valter Biscotti and Nicodemo Gentile, apparently agreed with their client in asking for such a trial which, according to Italian law, is held behind closed doors with the evidence presented in the form of documents for a single judge to review and decide the guilt or innocence of the defendant-without hearing testimony from witnesses...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on October 09, 2008 (boomark / email).