PLEASE NOTE THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> Joran Van der Sloot is charged with killing a young Peruvian woman, Stephany Flores in 2010.<br/> Today he apologised, accepting the charges against him.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) MURDER SUSPECT JORAN VAN DER SLOOT SAYING(Spanish):<br/> "I want to accept my anticipated confession. And I thought from the first moment to give a sincere confession and truly I am sorry. The truth is I feel very bad."<br/> (SOUNDBITE) JUDGE VICTORIA MONTOYA SAYING TO JORAN VAN DER SLOOT(Spanish):<br/> "So you are saying that you are guilty of these deeds?"<br/> (SOUNDBITE) MURDER SUSPECT JORAN VAN DER SLOOT RESPONDING(Spanish):<br/> "Yes, ma'am."<br/> He killed the 21 year old business student after meeting her in a casino in Lima.<br/> Previously, he had been arrested but never charged in connection with the disappearance of 18-year-old Alabama native Natalee Holloway.<br/> Legal expert Luis Lamas said the plea could lighten his sentence.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) LEGAL EXPERT LUIS LAMAS SAYING(Spanish):<br/> "Considering the magnitude of the evidence, we could be talking about a reduction between one to five years from the 30 years the prosecution is soliciting. In other words, the anticipated conclusion could carry with it a sentence of 25 years in prison."<br/> The Flores family lawyer said he should not be freed.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) EDWAR ALVAREZ, THE FLORES FAMILY LAWYER, SAYING(Spanish):<br/> "In this case Van der Sloot has been given a psychological assessment and this man is a psychopath and a psychopath cannot be set free."<br/> Van der Sloot told police he strangled Flores after he found her looking at his laptop computer in his hotel room.<br/> It contained emails about Holloway's death.<br/> In asking for a "forstalled conclusion" to the murder trial, which is similar to pleading "no contest" in other countries, the judges could sentence him on Friday.<br/> Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters
