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| Kerchers seek £20m compensation | Kerchers seek £20m compensation |
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| The family of murdered British exchange student Meredith Kercher is seeking £20m in compensation for her death. | The family of murdered British exchange student Meredith Kercher is seeking £20m in compensation for her death. |
| Lawyers for the family have applied for the money, which would be split between family members upon a conviction. | Lawyers for the family have applied for the money, which would be split between family members upon a conviction. |
| Miss Kercher, 21, from London, was found semi-naked with her throat slit in her flat in Perugia, Italy, in 2007. | Miss Kercher, 21, from London, was found semi-naked with her throat slit in her flat in Perugia, Italy, in 2007. |
| Suspects Rudy Guede, 22, from Ivory Coast, American Amanda Knox, 21, and Italian Raffaele Sollecito, 24, each deny sexual assault and murder. | Suspects Rudy Guede, 22, from Ivory Coast, American Amanda Knox, 21, and Italian Raffaele Sollecito, 24, each deny sexual assault and murder. |
| The BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Rome said lawyers for the Kercher family had applied for a total of 25m euros. | The BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Rome said lawyers for the Kercher family had applied for a total of 25m euros. |
| It was part of the case's ongoing twin legal process, of which half was criminal and half civil, he added. | It was part of the case's ongoing twin legal process, of which half was criminal and half civil, he added. |
| Fast-track trial | |
| The body of Miss Kercher, from Coulsdon, south London, was discovered in the bedroom of her flat on 1 November last year. | The body of Miss Kercher, from Coulsdon, south London, was discovered in the bedroom of her flat on 1 November last year. |
| She lived with Miss Knox and others at the apartment on Via Della Pergola in Perugia, central Italy. | She lived with Miss Knox and others at the apartment on Via Della Pergola in Perugia, central Italy. |
| Last week, prosecutors in Italy asked for a life sentence for Mr Guede, one of the suspects. | |
| Under Italian law, Mr Guede has taken a special fast-track trial which will allow him some leniency if convicted. | |
| Miss Knox and Mr Sollecito have been in jail since November, while Mr Guede was arrested later in Germany and extradited to Italy in December. |