Meredith Kercher trial begins
Updated on 16 January 2009
The trial of two former lovers over the murder of their friend and fellow student, Meredith Kercher, will take place mostly in public, a judge ruled this morning.
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito sat in the well of the court with their lawyers, as the trial got underway in the Italian town of Perugia.
Both defendants deny the charges.
