Father of murdered student Meredith Kercher dies in suspected hit-and-run
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The father of British student Meredith Kercher who was murdered in Perugia, Italy, has died after being involved in a suspected hit-and-run.
According to reports, John Kercher was found close to his home in Croydon, south London, with multiple injuries including a broken arm and leg.
The incident is believed to have happened on 13 January and the 77-year-old died in hospital on Saturday.
Mr Kercher’s youngest daughter Meredith was murdered on an exchange trip in 2007 in Perugia, Italy in a case that had dominated the international headlines.
(FILE) An undated file photograph of Meredith Kercher, the British student who was found dead in an apartement in Perugia, on 02 November 2007. EPA/PIETRO CROCCHIONI
Her roommate Amanda Knox and Knox’s former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted of murdering the 21-year-old in 2009.
The Briton was stabbed 47 times and her throat slashed at the flat she shared with Ms Knox.
The American spent four years in prison before being cleared on appeal in 2011.
Italian courts overturned the acquittal in 2014, but Italy’s highest court overturned the conviction definitively in 2015.
An immigrant from the Ivory Coast, Rudy Guede, is serving a 16-year jail sentence for the murder of Ms Kercher.
