Man who killed Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox’s roommate, to complete sentence with community service
Rudy Guede, the convicted killer of Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox’s former roommate in Italy, will finish his sentence performing community service.
According to The Guardian, Guede, 34, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2008 following the murder of Kercher, a British student studying in Italy. The sentence was reduced from 30 years after a successful appeal.
He remains the only person to be convicted of murder in the Kercher case, which became an international story in 2007 after she was found sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her bedroom at the home she shared with Knox. Guede’s DNA was found at the scene.
Convictions for Knox and her former Italian boyfriend were overturned after both spent four years in prison.
Guede, an immigrant from the Ivory Coast, had previously been given partial prison release in 2017 but was granted permission by an Italian court to complete his sentence with community service. His sentence expires on March 2022.
Fabrizio Ballarini, Guede’s attorney, said the court’s decision was another positive sign that Guede, who is also finishing a master’s in historical sciences at Roma Tre university, is rehabilitated and ready to reintegrate into society.
