The one thing that’s really bugging me is why Raffaele lied. ibid. Amanda
Mind games being played on her by the police and the prosecution. ibid. journalist
Meredith’s DNA was found on the tip of the blade. ibid. rozzer
We found that Meredith’s bra-clasp contained traces of Sollecito’s DNA. ibid.
Rudy’s presence in the house is undisputed. ibid.
Problems with contamination. ibid. independent forensics lady
Botched investigation and the bungled forensic work. ibid. journalist
6 years after the murder, an Italian court throws out Knox and Sollecito’s acquittal and the pair are found guilty once again. The guilty verdict focuses on circumstantial evidence including Knox’s behaviour and relationships. ibid.
Sollecito and Amanda Knox have been exonerated. ibid.
November 2007, Perugia, Italy: Police discover the body of a beautiful young woman brutally murdered. The murdered woman is an English exchange student: Meredith Kercher. Police and prosecutors immediately suspect her flatmate and boyfriend. The Murder of Meredith Kercher, Channel 5 2023
A third suspect admits to being at the scene of the crime … 20-year-old Rudy Guede, an unemployed drifter, joins the carnival atmosphere. ibid.
Eight years, multiple guilty verdicts, numerous appeals, a case that set countries against each other. The most controversial murder trial of the modern age. ibid.
Her throat cut, Meredith suffocated on her own blood. ibid.
Forensics find Amanda’s DNA on the handle of the knife, and on the blade a microscopic trace of Meredith’s DNA. The Prosecution think they’ve nailed Meredith’s killers. ibid.
Rudy is arrested in Germany travelling under the false name of Kenneth Wade. And he has five cuts on his right hand. ibid.
The forensic evidence against Guede is overwhelming. ibid.
Defence lawyers claims the crucial samples on the knife and the bra clasp were contaminated. ibid.
‘There were two pieces of evidence that concerned me.’ ibid. Professor Greg Hampikian, US forensic expert
Three and a half years after the murder the Independence Review finds fundamental problems with two key pieces of DNA evidence. ibid.
‘It’s a comedy … They’re not clean gloves. They’re visually dirty.’ ibid. Hampikian
In the two months before Meredith’s murder there were five break-ins that seemed to bear the hallmarks of Rudy Geude. ibid.
Within days of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher the Italian police had arrested three suspects. The prosecution claimed they had forced Meredith to take part in a violent drug-fuelled sex game and then killed her. Cutting Edge: Sex, Lies & the Murder of Meredith Kercher, Channel 4 2008
Overnight, Amanda Knox and her lover became international celebrities. ibid.
Knox’s retraction came too late. By then she was already locked up and facing a murder charge. ibid.
KERRELL, CHRISTOPHER: Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV
April 2018, a small village in mid-Wales, home to Hollie Kerrell. Originally from Devon, Hollie moved to the village of Knucklas with husband Christopher, whose family owned a nearby farm. But on Sunday, April 22nd 2018 all of Hollie’s social media accounts suddenly went quiet. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s6e2: Christopher Kerrell
The first person they spoke to her husband Christopher. ibid.
He was extremely possessive. He monitored where she went. She wasn’t allowed to go very far, she said. And also he was on occasions violent. He was incredibly manipulative, so when he couldn’t control Hollie through threats or violence, he would threaten to harm himself, or he would threaten to take his own life. So emotional blackmail often in front of the children. This is textbook, textbook abusive behaviour. ibid. Kerry
Officers soon heard worrying stories from neighbours. ibid.
After striking Hollie on the back of the head, he strangled her. ibid.
KERRIGAN, SAM: The Real Manhunter TV -
London police were today searching canals for the body of an Irish woman feared murdered. Detectives believe cook Catherine Corridan (31), originally from Caherdaniel, Co Kerry, may have been killed earlier this month. The Real Manhunter s2e5: Catherine Corridan, newspaper article, Sky Crime 2022
The reinvestigation came about. It was just due to a diligent officer finding the papers. ibid.
Kerrigan: He was found guilty of Catherine Corridan’s murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. ibid.
KERRY BABY murder: Murdered: The Baby on the Beach I, Channel 4 2023
14th April 1984: It’s neck had been broken. Stabbed 28 times. Murdered: The Baby on the Beach I, news, Channel 4 2023
In Loving Memory of me the Kerry Baby. ibid. gravestone
Who killed this baby on the beach? ibid. dude
23rd March 2023: A man in his sixties and a woman in her fifties have been arrested.’ ibid. TV news
Joanne Hayes: A young single 25 year old farmer’s daughter … ‘She was quickly identified as a suspect.’ ibid.
One of the most extraordinary and distressing sagas in modern Irish history. ibid. historian
Eight hours into the interrogation, Joanne makes a confession. ibid.
Joanne is found to be telling the truth. ibid. journalist
Unlike the baby found on White Strand beach, the baby found on the Hayes farm had not been physically harmed. ibid. caption
Was Joanne Hayes the mother of both of these babies? And that’s where tragedy in some respects turned to farce. ibid. historian
The evidence presented by the Technical Bureau is sent to the National Forensic Lab to test the twins theory. Murdered: The Baby on the Beach II
Everything was all struck out. ibid. defence brief
There’s were 61,000 questions asked during this tribunal of inquiry … Spectacular hypocrisy on show. ibid. historian