An Italian appeals court has set September 30 as the start date for the retrial of American student Amanda Knox in the 2007 death of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.

Arline Kercher must relive her daughter Meredith’s murder again as the Italian courts review the case after the acquittal of Amanda Knox was thrown out, writes Barbie Latza Nadeau

A state prosecutor urged Italy’s top court to overturn the acquittal of American Amanda Knox and a former boyfriend for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

AMANDA KNOX killed her British roommate “for no reason” and the American student and her former boyfriend should face the maximum penalty for their crime, her appeals trial was told yesterday.

The forensic expert whose evidence helped convict Amanda Knox of murdering British student Meredith Kercher today defended her work after a review criticised her methods.

The appeal trial of Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of killing her British room mate during a study abroad programme in Italy, enters its final stretch when it resumes today.

A convicted child murderer testified today at the appeal hearing for Amanda Knox, saying that a fellow inmate had told him the American student had nothing to do with her British roommate’s murder.

Forensic experts in Italy are seeking more time to conclude their review of DNA evidence in the appeal hearing of Amanda Knox, lawyer said today.

A key prosecution witness testifying in Amanda Knox’s appeals trial gave conflicting reports today about whether he saw the American near the crime scene the night her British roommate was murdered.

THE parents of Amanda Knox, the American convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, have been ordered to stand trial for claiming that police abused their daughter.

Amanda Knox won a victory in court today when she was granted a full review of crucial DNA evidence used to convict her of Meredith Kercher’s murder.

Amanda Knox returned to court today for the start of her appeal against her conviction for the brutal murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

The family of Meredith Kercher’s murderer Amanda Knox will immediately begin the process of appealing against her guilty verdict, a spokesman said today.

Former lovers Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher during an extreme sex game.

FORMER lovers Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were last night found guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher during an extreme sex game.

Former lovers Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were tonight found guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

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.

THE court in the Meredith Kercher murder trial yesterday turned down the defence team’s requests for new tests.

Defence lawyers in the Meredith Kercher murder trial said today the court is deciding on their requests for new tests on evidence, including a knife prosecutors say could be the murder weapon.

THE US student accused of murdering her British roommate was upset and refused to watch as a graphic video of the postmortem examination on the victim’s body was shown during a closed-doors session in an Italian courtroom yesterday.

She grins and chats and on Valentine’s Day sported a T-shirt that read All You Need Is Love. One of the first things she said in court was about a rabbit shaped sex toy.

A woman’s bloodied shoe print compatible with the size worn by a US student accused of murdering her British flat mate was found under the body, an Italian detective said today.

A student charged with murdering British student Meredith Kercher told a court she was innocent and was sure the truth would come out.

A student charged with murdering British student Meredith Kercher told a court today she was innocent and was sure the truth would come out.

MORE than a year after the death of Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox and Knox’s former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, go on trial today on charges of murder and sexual violence.

RUDY GUEDE was last night found guilty of killing British student Meredith Kercher, while former lovers American Amanda Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito will stand trial for the murder.

Rudy Guede was tonight found guilty of killing Meredith Kercher, while former lovers American Amanda Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito will stand trial for the murder.

Murder accused Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, charged with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, were at the crime scene on the night of the killing, a lawyer for a third suspect said today.

Two former lovers being held over the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher are expected to face each other in court for the first time today.

The three people being held over the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher will appear before an Italian court today.

The jailed US suspect in the probe of the “sex murder” of her British roommate has been described as cunning, theatrical and showing a multifaceted personality, a lawyer said today.

A court in Perugia will decide today whether to authorise a second post mortem examination on the body of murdered British exchange student Meredith Kercher.