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| Pair convicted of Kercher murder | Pair convicted of Kercher murder |
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| American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend have been found guilty by an Italian court of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. | American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend have been found guilty by an Italian court of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. |
| Knox was jailed for 26 years and Italian Raffaele Sollecito, 25, for 25 years after a jury found them both guilty of murder and sexual violence. | |
| Miss Kercher, 21, a Leeds University student from Surrey, was found with her throat slit in Perugia in 2007. | Miss Kercher, 21, a Leeds University student from Surrey, was found with her throat slit in Perugia in 2007. |
| Knox, 22, had denied killing Miss Kercher during a sex game. | Knox, 22, had denied killing Miss Kercher during a sex game. |
| But prosecutors said Sollecito held her down while Knox stabbed her to death. | But prosecutors said Sollecito held her down while Knox stabbed her to death. |
| The court ordered them to pay one million euros to Miss Kercher's mother and the same amount to her father. | |
| Her siblings would each receive 800,000 euros, the court ruled. | Her siblings would each receive 800,000 euros, the court ruled. |
| The pair committed the killing with small-time drug dealer Rudy Guede, 22, who was jailed for 30 years for murder and sexual violence last October. | The pair committed the killing with small-time drug dealer Rudy Guede, 22, who was jailed for 30 years for murder and sexual violence last October. |
| Miss Kercher's semi-naked body was found in a pool of blood with her throat slit in her room. | |
| She had been sharing a house with Knox, also a student, on her year abroad in the Umbrian hilltop town. |