Kercher murder convict out on furlough

(ANSA) - Perugia, May 23 - The man convicted of the rape and murder of British student Meredith Kercher has been given a 36-hour furlough on good behavior, his lawyer said Monday. Ivorian national Rudy Guede is serving a 16-year sentence for the 2007 killing in Perugia. "He has always lied," Raffaele Sollecito, who was tried and ultimately acquitted in the case along with co-defendant Amanda Knox, told ANSA. "I would prefer him to show remorse for what he's done".
    Guede's fingerprints and DNA were found all over the crime scene and the victim, who suffocated in her own blood on her bedroom floor after she was raped and stabbed.