Six young Australians who became suspects after a Peru hotel worker fell to his death in 2012 say they are looking forward to “travelling freely” again after learning they won’t be prosecuted. The former students – dubbed the Peru Six – say a Lima court and senior prosecutor have confirmed they had nothing to do with the death of doorman Lino Rodriguez Vilchez who was found on the footpath outside their Lima hotel in January 2012. “We are looking forward to travelling freely and, most importantly, to continue what will always be a lifelong friendship with each other.”The six Australians became suspects months after the doorman’s death. They insisted they had little contact with Rodriguez before some of them heard a thud outside their hotel window. Judges wanted the suspects to travel back to Peru to be questioned but in late 2013 they won the right to give statements from Australia.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2016 01:30 UTC