Press Assoc. - Wednesday, November 28
There will be no second post-mortem
examination on the body of murdered
British exchange student Meredith Kercher,
it has been announced.<
The decision, sent by fax to lawyers concerned with the case, clears the way for the body of the 21-year-old to be buried.
Francesco Maresca, the lawyer representing Miss Kercher's family, said they were pleased a second autopsy has been ruled out.
Hs said: "I have spoken to the family and they are obviously glad that they will now be able to bury their daughter.
"They had been hoping that there would be no need for a second examination on the body and will now move on to planning the funeral."
Lawyers and experts spent 10 hours over two days discussing whether results from the initial post-mortem examination were sufficient to accurately establish the time and cause of Miss Kercher's death.
The Leeds University student, from Coulsdon, Surrey, was murdered at her home in Perugia on the night of November 1.
Three people are in custody in connection with the killing: Miss Kercher's American housemate Amanda Knox, 20, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, 23, and 20-year-old Rudy Hermann Guede, an Ivorian with joint Italian nationality who is awaiting extradition from Germany.
A fourth man, Congolese bar owner Diya "Patrick" Lumumba, 38, was released from custody last week but remains a suspect in the case.
All four deny sexually assaulting and murdering Miss Kercher.
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