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Judge: Knox Let Accomplice Into Cottage

Jurist who jailed Guede outlines sexually charged 'group crime'

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 27, 2009 10:17 AM CST

(Newser) – A man later sentenced in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher was let into her cottage by Amanda Knox, the American roommate now on trial in Italy, according to the judge who sentenced Rudy Guede in the “group crime.” “Guede entered the house because he was let into it by someone else, and that someone could only be Amanda Knox,” the judge wrote, according to the Times of London.

The report was part of Guede’s “fast-track” trial; in it, the judge cited an “agreed plan” that began with a sexual game, in which Kercher refused to take part, and ended in “murderous intent.” The trial of Knox, 21, and her Italian ex-boyfriend, 24-year-old Raffaele Sollecito, is expected to last at least until fall.

Amanda Knox looks on during the first day of trial at Perugia's court, Italy, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Knox, an American college student from Seattle and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito went on trial Friday accused of sexually assaulting and murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in a slaying that...
Amanda Knox looks on during the first day of trial at Perugia's court, Italy, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Knox, an American college student from Seattle and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito...   (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Amanda Knox reacts during the first day of trial at Perugia's court, Italy, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Knox, an American college student from Seattle and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito went on trial Friday accused of sexually assaulting and murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in a slaying that shocked...
Amanda Knox reacts during the first day of trial at Perugia's court, Italy, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Knox, an American college student from Seattle and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito went...   (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Amanda Knox smiles during the first day of trial in Perugia, Italy, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Knox, an American college student from Seattle and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito went on trial Friday accused of sexually assaulting and murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in a slaying that shocked Italy....
Amanda Knox smiles during the first day of trial in Perugia, Italy, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Knox, an American college student from Seattle and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito went on trial...   (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
In this Sept. 26, 2008, file photo, Rudy Hermann Guede is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers to Perugia's court prior to a hearing.
In this Sept. 26, 2008, file photo, Rudy Hermann Guede is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers to Perugia's court prior to a hearing.   (AP Photo)
Francesco Maresca, the lawyer for the Kercher family, arrives outside Perugia's court, Oct. 28, 2008.
Francesco Maresca, the lawyer for the Kercher family, arrives outside Perugia's court, Oct. 28, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Knox ex Raffaele Sollecito  is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers as he leaves Perugia's court after a hearing, central Italy, Friday Sept. 26, 2008.
Knox ex Raffaele Sollecito is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers as he leaves Perugia's court after a hearing, central Italy, Friday Sept. 26, 2008.   (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Amanda Knox, right, escorted by a penitentiary guard arrives at Perugia's court, Jan. 16, 2009.
Amanda Knox, right, escorted by a penitentiary guard arrives at Perugia's court, Jan. 16, 2009.   (AP Photo)
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