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Rudy Gade, the only person explicitly convicted of the brutal 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, returns to court this fall in the face of charges of sexual assault and violence against his ex-girlfriend.
Guede, a 38-year-old Ivory Coast who has lived in Italy since he was five years old, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for Kercher’s murder in October 2008.
This case sparked a media frenzy, giving birth to over two dozen books and three films.
According to investigator Rita Ciaroni, investigator magistrate Rita Ciaroni, who ordered Gade at a preliminary hearing on Friday at Vitero, more than 100,000 photos, thousands of chats and voice messages between Guede and the unknown victim are one of the evidence to consider in the trial.
Italian media said the two began dating while Gode was still in prison, ending their relationship in 2023 when a woman charged him.
Amanda Knox, an American student who was Kelcher’s roommate at the time of her murder and Knox’s then Italian Rafaelle Solecito, was convicted in parallel on allegations of roles in Kelcher’s murder in 2009, but was completely exempted by the Italian Supreme Court in 2015.
Knox is still there In 2007, former nightclub boss Patrick Lumumba was found guilty of slander after accusing Katcha of murder.
Guede’s new indictment and trial stems from sexual assault, abuse, stalker charges in 2023, and accusations by Guede, a 25-year-old woman, from Viterbo, after Guede was first addressed to release her job from prison and was subsequently released. His first hearing will take place on Viterbo on November 4th.
His lawyer, Carlo Mezzetti, told CNN that his client is innocent and fears that he will not be subject to a fair trial given his previous beliefs.
