Meredith Kercher's family 'satisfied' after drifter Rudy Guede is jailed for 30 years

Oct. 28, 2008
The family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher have welcomed the conviction and jail term handed down to an unemployed man found guilty of murdering their daughter in an Italian hill town last year.
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