dinsdag 4 november 2008

Meredith Kercher murder verdict expected (by Ben Van Laere)

Meredith Kercher, a 21 year old Leeds university student from Coulsdon (Surrey) was studying in Perugia (Italy) last November when she was found half naked with her throat slashed.

There are three suspects. Amanda Knox (an American student), Raffaele Sollecito (an Italian IT graduate) and Rudy Guede (an Ivory Coast national).

There was DNA belonging to Raffaele Sollecito found on the victim’s bra. The defense of Sollecito said that DNA of all three suspects was found. The lawyer of Sollecito accuses the police of making mistakes during the investigation. The police left the bra on the floor so it was contaminated and worthless. “There is a mix of DNA due to contamination, so the bra is not usable as proof” said Sollecito’s lawyer.

The suspect Lawyers have denied that Kercher was killed during a sex game that went wrong. The Lawyers of Knox and Sollecito accused Guede killed Kercher when she found him stealing from her house. And Guede's lawyers accuse Knox and Sollecito of the murder. A very complicated case...

In such cases where there are many possible suspects it is difficult to prove who the killer is. The Lawyer of each party will try to impute the crime to another party. A good Lawyer has a lot of skills to deceive the public and the judge.

The only thing that can designate the murderer is a good piece of evidence. In this case the police made a fatal error by contaminating a piece of evidence. Now it becomes more difficult to find the killer.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/28/meredith-kercher-murder-italy

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