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Knox has taken other steps over the years to share her side of the story, and describes herself as an author and journalist. Show caption. By Kayla Epstein. This story was originally published at washingtonpost. Sollecito later writes that he had once "accidentally pricked [Kercher's] hand" while the three of them were cooking. Guede, a year-old student Perugia, is pulled from a train in Germany after investigators find his DNA on bloody prints at the crime scene and inside Kercher's body.

Guede says that he had consensual sex with the victim that night and that he was in the bathroom when an unidentified man entered and killed Kercher. Meanwhile, Lumumba is released from custody, though he remains a suspect. The clasp , retrieved from Kercher's room nearly seven weeks after the murder, bolsters the prosecution's assertion that the suspects engaged in a dangerous sex game with the victim, though it also supports the defense's criticisms of a sloppy investigation and contaminated crime scene.

October 28, Guede is sentenced to 30 years in prison; Knox and Sollecito are ordered to stand trial. Guede had elected to undergo a "fast-track" trial separate from the other defendants. That same day, a judge determines that there is enough evidence for Knox and Sollecito to stand full trial on murder charges. A floral tribute with photographs of Meredith Kercher.

After 14 months in jail, Knox and Sollecito appear in a Perugia court for the start of the murder trial. The presiding judge determines that the high-profile proceedings can be held with the media present, but no live television coverage. Taking the stand for the first time in the case, Knox testifies that she spent the night of the murder at her boyfriend's home, where they smoked marijuana, made love and fell asleep.

She also refutes the accusation that she and Kercher didn't get along, and insists that she signed the confession that implicated Lumumba only because she was under intense pressure from the police. The Knox-Sollecito trial nearing its end, Guede makes headlines during his separate appeal with a spontaneous statement in which he recounts Knox and Kercher getting into an argument before the latter's killing by an unidentified man.

Guede later sees his sentence reduced to 16 years. At the conclusion of a trial that saw more than 50 hearings and dozens of witnesses called, the defendants are convicted of Kercher's murder, with a teary Knox sentenced to 26 years and Sollecito receiving a year sentence.

Knox and Sollecito's appeal opens with Guede testifying against his former two co-defendants. Knox, now 33 and an advocate for criminal justice reform, said the "burden" of Guede's crime falls on her.

Last year, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, confirmed an earlier ruling that Knox's defense rights had been violated in during police questioning about the murder of Kercher. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories.