The case for the defence - New Netflix documentary lets Amanda Knox tell her side of the story

It was a grisly tale of sex and murder that was reported with voyeuristic glee. Amanda Knox tells her side of the story in a powerful new Netflix documentary, writes Ed Power.

AMANDA KNOX, the controversial new documentary from Netflix, is an intensely disorientating watch — especially if you are one of the many who has already reached a firm opinion regarding the guilt or innocence of the American student accused of the grotesque, sexually motivated murder of her flatmate in Italy in 2007.

“We are all interested in these true crime stories and trying to solve these whodunnits. We forget there is a tragedy behind them,” says Brian McGinn, producer of the doc, which arrives on the streaming service today.