AMANDA KNOX was cleared last night after a court overturned her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

AMERICAN student Amanda Knox was a naive young woman publicly “crucified” and “impaled” to justify wrongly imprisoning her for murder, her lawyer has told an Italian court.

Amanda Knox was an innocent girl “crucified” in the media, a defence lawyer argued today as a judge said the verdict in her appeal against her murder conviction would come on Monday.

Amanda Knox is an innocent girl who has been the victim of a “tragic judicial case”, a defence lawyer said in final arguments in her appeals trial.

A FORENSIC review in Amanda Knox’s appeal has found that the traces of her DNA on the alleged murder weapon are so minute that they can’t be re-tested.

US student Amanda Knox says a film documenting the murder of her British room-mate Meredith Kercher and the trial “is an invasion of my life”.

Lawyers for American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, who were found guilty of killing her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy, are demanding that US television channel Lifetime scraps a planned film about the trial.

Amanda Knox’s parents have hired a top lawyer to help free their daughter from jail.

PROSECUTORS have failed to prove American Amanda Knox murdered her roommate Meredith Kercher, a court has heard.

Prosecutors have failed to prove American Amanda Knox murdered her roommate British student Meredith Kercher, a court heard today.

Lawyers for an American student accused of killing her British roommate in Italy began their closing arguments today, seeking to show that evidence in the case is not sufficient to convict her.

An Italian court today refused to dismiss charges against the couple accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher.

Key DNA findings in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher should be thrown out, lawyers for the couple accused of killing her said today.

Two former lovers suspected of killing Leeds University student Meredith Kercher will find out today if they are to face trial.