None of the journalists in the huge pack in Perugia over the years made any but the most casual efforts to uncover the life story and habits of small-time break-in artist Rudy Guede, whose fingerprints were in the murderroom, who never denied being there as Kercher was bleeding to death, and who has been convicted of murdering her in a separate trial.
Given these psychological torture sessions and the room full of guns, I wondered whether Harris actually hoped to create a hostage situation or mass murder scenario.