John Kercher said that the verdict by the appeal court in Perugia was “crazy” and made a “mockery” of the original trial.The Prime Minister's remarks?
His remarks came as David Cameron said the Kercher family should not be forgotten.
Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were freed from prison last night after spending four years behind bars following their conviction for Meredith’s murder.
But why isn't this Rudy Guede character enough for the Kercher family? And why doesn't the Prime Minister express relief at the fact that two innocent people have been freed? Why can't these Brits see things the American way? This is very puzzling indeed."I did watch the verdict last night," Cameron told British television a day after a court in the Italian city of Perugia dramatically overturned the US student's conviction for the 2007 murder of her British housemate.
"Of course I feel for Meredith Kercher's family, because they had previously had an explanation about what had happened to their daughter and they don't have that any more, and I think all of us should be thinking of them," he said.
"I mean obviously there is someone in prison for the murder still, but one can't help but think of the time they must be going through," added Cameron...
Speaking from the family home in Coulsdon, Surrey, Mr Kercher told the Daily Mirror: "It is ludicrous. How can they ignore all the other evidence?
“I thought the judge might play it safe and uphold the conviction but reduce the sentence. But this result is crazy.”
Mr Kercher pointed out how Rudy Guede, a drug dealer from the Ivory Coast, remains in jail convicted of the murder but he maintains others were involved.
Mr Kercher said that his daughter had suffered 47 wounds, something he said made it highly unlikely Guede could have acted alone.
"It makes a mockery of the original trial,” he told the paper.
“We are all shocked, we could understand them reducing the sentence but completely freeing them, wow."
