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Meredith suspects remain in jail | |
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Three suspects held in Italy over the murder of a British student have lost their last appeals to be freed. | |
In Italy's top court, appeals by lawyers for American Amanda Knox, Italian Raffaele Sollecito and Rudy Hermann Guede, of Ivory Coast, failed. | |
The three have been held since November on suspicion of sexually assaulting and murdering Meredith Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon, Surrey, in Perugia. | |
All deny involvement in the student's death and have not been charged. | |
They are being held at Capanne Prison, near Perugia, and can be detained for up to a year before trial. | They are being held at Capanne Prison, near Perugia, and can be detained for up to a year before trial. |
After lawyers for the trio appeared before judges in a closed hearing at the Corte Suprema di Cassazione in Rome, Mr Sollecito's solicitor Marco Brusco confirmed that the three would remain in prison. | |
Extradited | Extradited |
Miss Kercher had been on an exchange year from Leeds University. She was found dead under a duvet in her bedroom on 2 November, with her throat cut. Police said there was evidence of a violent sexual encounter. | |
Officers have said they have forensic evidence linking all three suspects to the murder. | |
At the end of November, lawyers for Miss Knox and Mr Sollecito had appealed against their continued detention, but the court ruled they had to stay in prison. | At the end of November, lawyers for Miss Knox and Mr Sollecito had appealed against their continued detention, but the court ruled they had to stay in prison. |
Mr Guede, 20, was arrested in Germany on 20 November and extradited to Italy in December. Shortly afterwards a court in Perugia ordered that he also remain in prison. | Mr Guede, 20, was arrested in Germany on 20 November and extradited to Italy in December. Shortly afterwards a court in Perugia ordered that he also remain in prison. |