Meredith suspect freed after arrest

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Diya "Patrick" Lumumba was freed due to lack of evidence just hours after another suspect was arrested in Germany. Police detained Rudy Hermann Guede, 20, for travelling without a ticket on a train near Wiesbaden.

Claudia Matteini, the same judge who remanded Mr Lumumba in custody two weeks ago, ordered his release on Tuesday afternoon following a request from state prosecutors.

"He was jailed with the shame of being a monster and today he comes out with his head held high," his lawyer Giuseppe Sereni, who escorted him from prison, told Italian news agency Ansa.

As 38-year-old Mr Lumumba left custody in Perugia, he said: "I am happy to be going home. I thank God."

Detectives began a manhunt for Guede after finding a bloody fingerprint on a pillow in the apartment where Miss Kercher was killed which did not match the three people in custody.

In a bizarre video clip he posted on the YouTube website, Guede appears gurning and moaning at the camera, before saying: "I'm a vampire, I'm Dracula. I'm going to suck your blood."

A spokesman for German prosecutors in Koblenz, who have taken over Guede's case, said he would appear in court on Wednesday, and a judge would rule whether or not he can be kept in custody on the Italian warrant.

If the judge orders him to be detained, Koblenz prosecutors will begin preparing a case for his extradition.

Perugia police chief Arturo de Felice said he would be deported to Italy as soon as possible, insisting: "It's a matter of days, only days." Italian prime minister Romano Prodi thanked the German police for their help, according to the Corriere della Sera newspaper.