Italy Trial 3 - Kercher family arrives as as jury considers case
NAME: ITA TRIAL3 20091204I
TAPE: EF09/1132
IN_TIME: 10:45:21:10
DURATION: 00:01:50:18
SOURCES: AP TELEVISION
DATELINE: Perugia - 4 Dec 2009
RESTRICTIONS:
SHOTLIST
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of entrance to Hotel Perusia with media outside
2. Pan of taxi arriving
3. Meredith Kercher's mother Arlene Kercher getting out of taxi, followed by her father John Kercher
4. Close-up of Arlene Kercher and Meredith's sister Stephanie entering hotel, followed by John Kercher
++INTERIOR SHOTS++
5. Kercher family members in corridor of hotel surrounded by media
6. Close-up of Meredith's brother Lyle Kercher walking past, UPSOUND: (English) Lyle Kercher "I can't really comment."
7. Kercher family getting in elevator
++NIGHT SHOT++
8. Wide pan of hotel
STORYLINE
Meredith Kercher's family arrived in Perugia on Friday evening, as an Italian jury continued its deliberations in the trial for the murder of their daughter.
The family was surrounded by photographers and television cameras as they tried to make their way into their hotel.
They did not comment on what they expected from the verdict.
Meredith Kercher was found dead on the morning of November 2, 2007 in a pool of blood in the apartment she shared with American student Amanda Knox in Perugia.
Knox and her co-defendant in the yearlong trial, Raffaele Sollecito of Italy, are charged with murder and sexual assault in the slaying.
Knox and Sollecito were dating at the time.
The prosecutors are seeking a life sentence.
Both defendants deny wrongdoing.
The eight members of the jury, including two judges, began deliberations on Friday.
A verdict can come any time, but it is not expected before Friday night, according to court officials.
The prosecutors contend on the night of the murder, November 1, 2007, Knox and Sollecito met at the apartment where Kercher and Knox lived.
They say a fourth person was there, Rudy Hermann Guede, an Ivory Coast citizen who has been convicted in the murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Guede, who is appealing his conviction, says he was in the house the night of the murder but did not kill Kercher.
The prosecution says Knox and Kercher started arguing and the three brutally attacked and sexually assaulted the Briton.
They were acting, according to the prosecution, under "the fumes of drugs and possibly alcohol."
Knox says Kercher was a friend whose death shocked her.
Defence lawyers have described the American as a smart and cheerful woman.
The defence has largely focused on the lack of evidence and what they say is the absence of a clear motive.