The man who killed British student Meredith Kercher is writing a tell-all book.
Rudy Guede, who was sentenced to 16 years in jail for the rape and murder of the 21-year-old, plans to reveal his version of what happened the night Meredith died.
Guede, 33, whose bloodstained fingerprints were found on Meredith’s possessions in Perugia, Italy, has recently begun a staged return to freedom on a work-release programme from jail.
He has always denied Meredith’s 2007 murder – but plans to mention her former roommate, Amanda Knox, in his book.
The American and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito spent almost four years in prison for killing Meredith but were later acquitted.
Ms Knox reacted with fury when she discovered a US publication was planning to reveal that Guede claimed he saw her on the night Meredith died.
The 33-year-old accused the title of “crafting an article that omits all evidence of my innocence to bully me into commenting”.
She tweeted: “Is the article going to point out that Guede had a history of burglary, that he left copious DNA at the crime scene, & that he fled the country?
"Is it going to point out that the Italian Supreme Court, in definitively acquitting Rafaele Sollecito and me cited ‘stunning flaws’ in the investigation & a complete lack of biological traces connecting me to the crime?”
The shock news comes just months after the death of Meredith’s dad John, 77.
The family are reluctant to comment on Guede’s book, fearing it will fuel interest in his account.
In 2009, Ms Knox and Mr Sollecito were convicted of Meredith’s murder after it was claimed they had all been involved in a sex game that had gone wrong.
Two years later, they were cleared after doubts were raised over procedures used to gather DNA evidence.
A retrial was ordered in 2013 and the original guilty verdicts were reinstated the following year.
But in March 2015, Italy’s top appeals court overturned the convictions again.
