Rudy Guede, who is serving a
16-year prison sentence for his 2008 conviction for the murder
of British student Meredith Kercher, will request a review of
his trial, said his press office on Thursday.
In Italian criminal code, a review is a special type of
appeal with no statute of limitations that is available under
certain circumstances to convicted criminals.
The request will be presented to the Florence Court of
Assizes of Appeal by the end of July, Guede's press office said.
In a statement, Guede's press office referenced the
acquittals of suspects Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by
Italy's high Court of Cassation as the basis for requesting the
review.
"(By) totally eliminating the situation in which a crime
was committed by Knox and Sollecito, as established by the
Cassation Court, there's no longer a way to explain Rudy's
role," his press office said.
Guede had a fast-track trial, under which convictions are
cut by a third and are normally unappealable.
Guede, whose DNA was found all over the murder scene in
Perugia as well as inside Kercher, was in the news at the
weekend when he had his first 36-hour furlough for good
behaviour.
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