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Originally published October 28, 2008 at 2:10 PM | Page modified October 28, 2008 at 2:10 PM

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Lawyer: 1 convicted, 2 indicted in Briton's murder

A lawyer says an Ivory Coast man has been convicted of the murder of a British woman in central Italy, while an American student and her former Italian boyfriend will stand trial for the same crime.

PERUGIA, Italy —

A lawyer says an Ivory Coast man has been convicted of the murder of a British woman in central Italy, while an American student and her former Italian boyfriend will stand trial for the same crime.

Francesco Maresca, a lawyer for the victim's family, says a judge on Tuesday indicted Amanda Knox, of Seattle, and Raffaele Sollecito on charges of murder and sexual violence in the slaying of Meredith Kercher in Perugia last year. The trial will start Dec. 4.

A third suspect, Rudy Hermann Guede of Ivory Coast, was sentenced to 30 years in jail after his defense requested a fast-track trial.

All suspects deny wrongdoing.

Kercher, a 21-year-old student from Leeds University in England, was found dead Nov. 2 in the apartment she shared with Knox. She died from a stab wound to the neck.

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