Italian prosecutors have asked an appeals court to increase Amanda Knox’s prison sentence to life for the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.

An Italian prosecutor is firing back at independent forensic experts who reviewed – and trashed – the DNA evidence used to convict American student Amanda Knox of murder.

If Amanda Knox is convicted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, her family will not give up their battle to free her, her mother said today.