Amanda Knox's accuser and co-defendant, Rudy Guede, admits in court

that he can't read his own handwritten statement accusing Amanda and Raffaele -- instead, he has the prosecutor read it out loud for him.

Guede is the burglar whose DNA, fingerprints, handprints, and hair were found in the room where Meredith Kercher was raped and murdered. His DNA was also found on her purse, and on the inside and outside of her body. He claims he had consensual sex with her, and that he was in the bathroom when someone else murdered her. In a Skyped conversation with a friend, he said that Amanda and Raffaele had nothing to do with the murder. In his first trial he said he glimpsed but didn't recognize the killer; during his appeal he changed his testimony to say he heard Amanda and saw her boyfriend there. After his change of testimony he got his sentenced reduced to 15 years. Even though the prosecution and the jury didn't believe his story, and convicted him in the murder, the prosecution is still using him in the case against Amanda and Raffaele -- using him as a witness against the students.

And now it turns out that he's unable to read the handwritten statement that he supposedly wrote himself. Do these words sound like they'd come out of the mouth of a burglar for whom Italian was a second language, and who couldn't read them out loud?


http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/06/27/amanda-acc... /

About the accusations against him: “Baseless gossip.”

About Mario Alessi's testimony: “Purely and simply the ravings of a sick and twisted mind.”

About all the evidence linking him to the crime: “And finally I wish that sooner or later the judges will recognize my complete non-involvement in the horrible murder of the splendid, magnificent girl who was Meredith Kercher, by Raffaelle Sollecito and Amanda Knox.”


http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Amanda-Knox-Appeal-a-Day-of-Irrelevance_2/2939846

No new information was heard from the main witness at yesterday's appeal hearing for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito as Rudy Guede, the man responsible for Meredith Kercher's murder, took the stand for the prosecution. Guede was called to refute the testimony of five inmates that told the court last week that Guede informed them during prison yard discussions that Amanda Knox was innocent.

Guede's testimony reiterated the feelings he expressed in a letter written in 2010. In a strange courtroom display, his letter was read aloud by Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini because Guede claimed to be unable to read his own handwriting. Judge Hellmann found this odd prompting him to ask Guede if he understood the big words written in the letter; in a very telling admission, Guede's answer was no.

As Mignini read the words allegedly penned by Guede, the court heard Guede's accusation that Knox and Sollecito murdered Meredith Kercher. Guede has lied repeatedly throughout this case, modifying his stories, based on news reports as it best suited his defense, so hearing Guede's most recent claims, once again, was old news.

and they should let her come home.

he's afraid that their face-saving justice system will reduce her sentence but keep her in prison for years more.

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