Meredith Kercher killer Rudy Guede charged for beating up ex
Meredith Kercher’s killer had been charged with beating up his ex-girlfriend – six months after he was launched from an Italian jail for murdering the British college scholar.
Ivory Coast drifter Rudy Guede, 36, was launched from jail in June after serving 13 years for the grisly homicide and sexual assault of 21-year-old Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in November 2007.
Kercher was discovered semi-naked and together with her throat minimize within the bed room of her home within the hilltop city – simply weeks after arriving for a 12 months overseas together with her Leeds University course.
Guede was initially sentenced to 30 years for her homicide, however this was later lowered to 18 years and with good behaviour he was freed on parole in 2021 and acquired a job in an area library in Viterbo the place he now lives.
In June he was discharged from his sentence, however it has now emerged he has been charged with assaulting his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend.
Pending his trial, an area prosecutor has authorised him to put on an digital tag and never go inside 500 metres of his associate. Prosecutors had requested the measure of home arrest.
Raffaele Sollecito, who was acquitted over the Brit’s homicide alongside together with his then-girlfriend Amanda Knox, stated ‘it appears Guede has not modified’ after he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend.
Ivory Coast drifter Rudy Guede, 36, (pictured in 2016) was launched from jail in June after serving 13 years for brutally killing Meredith – though he at all times denied any involvement
Ivory Coast drifter Rudy Guede, 36, was launched from jail in June after serving 13 years for the grisly homicide and sexual assault of 21-year-old Kercher (pictured) in Perugia, Italy , in November 2007
Raffaele Sollecito (pictured), who was acquitted over the Brit’s homicide together with Amanda Knox , stated ‘it appears Guede has not modified’ after he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend
Amanda Knox speaks to the media throughout a short press convention in entrance of her mother and father’ residence March 27, 2015 in Seattle, Washington
Pictured: Rudy Guede seen just lately whereas on day launch in Italy in 2021
‘I do not comply with Guede’s life, however actually in gentle of what occurred as we speak it appears to me that he hasn’t modified,’ Sollecito informed La Stampa.
‘What he was earlier than coming into jail, what we learn within the paperwork, is unfortunately reconfirmed and equally unhappy. We see that he has not repented,’ Sollecito added.
Guede was convicted in 2008 for the homicide that additionally noticed Kercher’s American flatmate, Amanda Knox, jailed however then sensationally acquitted alongside her Italian boyfriend on the time, Sollecito.
Guede was discovered responsible after his DNA was found on Kercher’s physique regardless of his claims that he was within the rest room listening to music when she was killed.
He was freed on parole in 2021 following good behaviour in jail and has been dwelling within the city of Viterbo the place he works as a researcher and librarian on the Centre for Crime, Judicial and Sociological research.
He has additionally been learning for a Master’s in Historical Sciences at Rome Tre college.
Following his launch from jail, Guede stated: ‘The sentence I needed to serve within the identify of the legislation has ended. Now I’m left marked by the judgement of strangers, by the slanted glances as I move.’
But Guede has now been charged with assaulting his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend – six months after he was formally launched from jail over Kercher’s homicide.
Kercher, from Coulsdon, Surrey, was killed simply two months after shifting to Italy for a research overseas programme at Perugia’s prestigious college.
Her physique was present in her bed room, partially undressed, with 47 stab wounds.
Guede’s fingerprints had been discovered on the scene together with a palm print in blood belonging to him.
He admitted to having been on the condo however has at all times denied killing or sexually assaulting Kercher.
He stated he had gone right into a ‘state of shock’ after discovering her useless after he returned from the toilet.
Following the homicide, Guede fled by practice to Germany the place he was arrested days later.
Guede has since informed Kercher’s mother and father in a letter that his palms had been stained together with her blood as a result of he was making an attempt to avoid wasting the British scholar.
Kercher, from Coulsdon, Surrey, was killed simply two months after shifting to Italy for a research overseas programme at Perugia’s prestigious college (pictured: in an undated photograph launched in November 2007)
Knox and Sollecito each spent 4 years in jail after their convictions. Knox was additionally convicted of defamation for wrongly accusing Patrick Lumumba, a bar proprietor, of the homicide. Pictured: Knox and Sollecito in 2007
Knox being escorted into court docket on September 26, 2008
‘If my palms are stained with blood it’s as a result of I attempted to avoid wasting Meredith,’ Guede wrote within the letter, in line with La Repubblica.
‘Fear took over and I ran away like a coward leaving Mez maybe nonetheless alive. I’ll by no means cease regretting this.’
Guede was charged together with her homicide and sexual assault and handed down a 30-year sentence, which was later minimize to 16 years by an appeals court docket.
Knox and Sollecito each spent 4 years in jail after their convictions. Knox was additionally convicted of defamation for wrongly accusing Patrick Lumumba, a bar proprietor, of the homicide.
Lumumba spent two weeks in jail, solely being launched when somebody got here ahead with an alibi.
Knox and Sollecito had been acquitted in 2011 solely to be convicted once more in 2014 by a Florentine appeals court docket.
The appeals court docket dominated that the accidents inflicted on Kercher’s physique couldn’t have been inflicted by Guede alone.
However in 2015, Italy’s highest court docket overturned the choice in a ultimate ruling, saying Knox and Sollecito’s convictions had been the results of ‘beautiful flaws’ within the investigation.
