WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- The man convicted in the 2001 murder of Washington, D.C., intern Chandra Levy will likely get a new trial after government prosecutors declared it would serve the "interests of justice."
Government attorneys agreed not to oppose a new trial for Ingmar Guandique, who was sentenced to 60 years in prison for Levy's murder. The U.S. Attorney's Office said the amount of lapsed time from the 2010 trial has made it difficult to get accurate testimony in the appeal. Guandique has long argued a key witness in the 2010 trial lied about his alleged confession to the murder. Defense attorneys argued the witness, Guandique's former cellmate, made up the confession. The U.S. Attorney's Office said it stands behind the original conviction.