Meredith Kercher, as Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are expected to learn at Italy’s highest court if their convictions for the murder of the British student are upheld. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday March 25, 2015. Ms Kercher, a 21-year-old from Coulsdon, Surrey, was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her bedroom in 2007 while studying in Perugia, Italy. See PA story COURTS Kercher. Photo credit should read: PA Wire / LaPresse Only italy