Meredith Kercher was murdered by his killer two years before he had been sentenced.
Rudy Guede (34), was officially released Tuesday 14 years after Kercher’s grisly murder in Perugia, Italy in November 2007.
Guede, an Ivorian of African descent, was convicted for murder in 2008. Kercher’s American flatmate Amanda Knox was also incarcerated, but she was sensationally released alongside Raffaele Solecito, her Italian boyfriend.
Guede was found guilty by Kercher after his DNA was found on Kercher’s corpse. He claimed that he was just listening to music while Guede died.
According to those who knew the killer, he was a good prisoner. He has moved on from the trauma of his past and is now pursuing his master’s.
Rudy would be happy to talk with many journalists and publications, but unfortunately there is not enough of them. Rudy isn’t a star, and after 14 years, he wants to forget,’ Claudio Mariani, Claudio Mariani’s professor of criminalology, said.
“There’s nothing else to say except that a young British lady’s life was ended and we learn dignity and silence from her family.
Rudy Guede, 34, was due to be formally released on January 4 but his lawyer on Tuesday confirmed his early release had been granted for good behaviour (pictured: Guede after a court hearing in Perugia September 16, 2008)
Kercher from Coulsdon (Surrey) was shot and killed two months after he moved to Italy in order to study at the prestigious university of Perugia.
Amanda Knox, a television guest, appears on “Good Morning America,” Thursday, September 29, 2016.
Guede is now living in Viterbo on probation since the end of last year, when his sentence was decreased for good behavior.
Fabrizio Balarini, the victim’s lawyer, stated to the Italian media that it was the end of an extremely sad affair. First thoughts have to be with the victim and her loved ones. Rudy went through a wonderful course of reeducation.
Guede is currently enrolled at Roma Tre University for his master’s degree in historical sciences. Ballarini has previously spoken out about Guede’s ‘high levels of social integration and irreproachable conduct’.
His day release was his first offer from Viterbo in 2017. He then began to work as a librarian and researcher at the Centre for Crime, Judicial and Sociological studies.
He was unsuccessful in his appeal, but local activists supported him and helped him to integrate.
Guede also set up a tournament of chess for Viterbo residents.
Kercher was from Coulsdon in Surrey and was murdered two months after he moved to Italy to study at the prestigious university of Perugia.
She was partially naked and had multiple stab wounds when her body was discovered in her bedroom.
Guede’s fingerprints and a bloody palm print were discovered at the scene.
While he acknowledged being at the apartment, Kercher has denied ever having been killed or sexually assaulted.
Both Knox and Sollecito spent four years behind bars after being convicted. Knox was also found guilty of defamation after wrongly accusing Patrick Lumumba (a bar owner) of the murder. Knox and Sollecito in 2007.
Knox is escorted to court September 26th, 2008.
After finding her body dead in the toilet, he claimed he went into shock.
Guede fled to Germany by train after the crime and was captured days later.
The charges against him included murder and sexual assault. He received a sentence of 30-years imprisonment, but it was reduced to 16-years by an appeals court.
Both Knox and Sollecito spent four years behind bars after being convicted. Knox was also convicted for defamation because he wrongly accused Patrick Lumumba of the murder.
Guede pictured being escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers as he leaves Perugia’s court after a hearing on September 26, 2008
Lumumba was held in prison for two weeks, and only when an alibi came along Lumumba was released.
Knox and Sollecito, who were both acquitted in 2011, were found not guilty by an appeals court in Florentine.
Appeal court found that Kercher was not injured by Guede.
The 2015 final ruling by Italy’s Supreme Court overturned that decision, stating that Knox’s and Sollecitos convictions resulted from’stunning faults’ during the investigation.