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| Three people accused of UK student Meredith Kercher's murder are to be remanded for up to a year in Italy. | Three people accused of UK student Meredith Kercher's murder are to be remanded for up to a year in Italy. |
| Miss Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was found with her throat cut at the flat she was renting in Perugia. | Miss Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was found with her throat cut at the flat she was renting in Perugia. |
| The suspects are American student Amanda Knox, 20, her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 24, and Congolese immigrant Lumumba Patrick Diya, 37. | The suspects are American student Amanda Knox, 20, her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 24, and Congolese immigrant Lumumba Patrick Diya, 37. |
| All protest their innocence, but an Italian investigating judge ruled that there was enough evidence to hold them. | |
| Held in isolation | |
| At a hearing at a prison near Perugia on Thursday, lawyers for the trio called for them to be released. | |
| But in a 19-page ruling, the investigating judge concluded that they should be held until a hearing is fixed to press charges. | |
| Three held 'all played a role' | |
| The BBC's Christian Fraser in Perugia said that all three suspects will be held in isolation. | |
| Police say Miss Knox crumbled under interrogation and now admits having been in the next room when Leeds University student Miss Kercher was murdered last week, but covering her ears to her flatmate's screams. | |
| Mr Sollecito admits to having lied to police by saying he was at a party on the night of Miss Kercher's death. | |
| Police are examining two knives found in his possession. | |
| Mr Diya's lawyer said he had been at work at the time of Miss Kercher's death, while Mr Sollecito's lawyer said he had been at home. | |
| Miss Knox's lawyer said she had had nothing to do with Miss Kercher's death and should be freed. | |
| Miss Kercher's body was found in her bedroom on Friday morning in a pool of blood. | |
| Police believe she was trying to fight off a sexual attack when she was killed. | |
| The case presented by investigators said the suspects had all changed their story. They said Miss Knox had an unscrupulous tendency to lie repeatedly. | |
| Police do not believe the murder was premeditated but they allege each of the suspects played a role. | |
| Crucial to the case will be the suspects' phone records and calls they exchanged after the murder. | |
| Investigating officers say they have good forensic evidence, including a footprint in the blood, and that they believe that all three suspects were present at the murder scene. | |
| Mr Lumumba had been in the country since 1988, while Mr Sollecito was a student at the local university. Miss Knox is from Seattle, Washington. |