Article: Murdered Meredith would have fought to end, family tell court.(News)

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The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Article date:
June 7, 2009
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Byline: Nick Pisa and Helen Dowd

MURDERED British student Meredith Kercher would have fought for her life '110 per cent', her sister told a court yesterday.

Stephanie Kercher, 25, said: 'She would have defended herself. Physically she was very strong and she would have fought to the end.'

Her father John also described how Meredith was strong and had been trained in karate, insisting she would have tried to fight off her attackers. Meredith's family were speaking in court about the impact of her murder in Perugia, Italy.

Meredith, 21, from Coulsdon, Surrey, was found semi-naked and with her throat cut in the bedroom of the house she ...

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