Meredith Kercher killer Rudy Guede could be freed within days

Man convicted of murdering British student asks for sentence, due to end in January, to be reduced

Rudy Guede, the only person definitively convicted of the murder of the British student Meredith Kercher, could be freed in the coming days after completing 13 years of a 16-year sentence.

Guede's sentence is due to end on 4 January, but he has asked magistrates to reduce it by a further 45 days.