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

A DEFENCE lawyer told an Italian court yesterday that Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of killing her roommate, is not a manipulating, sex-obsessed “femme fatale” as her accusers charge, but is rather like Jessica Rabbit — just drawn that way.

Convicted killer Amanda Knox is actually a loving young woman rather like the cartoon character Jessica Rabbit, a defence lawyer claimed 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 woman accused of killing British student Meredith Kercher was no murderer, merely naive and foolish, a court heard yesterday.

The woman accused of killing British student Meredith Kercher was no murderer, merely naive and foolish, an Italian court heard today.

A police forensic expert testified that a knife prosecutors say might have been used to kill a British student bore traces of the DNA of a US co-defendant in the murder trial in Perugia.

The trial of a man and woman accused of killing British student Meredith Kercher will remain open to the media despite concerns about releasing sensitive details of an alleged sexual attack, a judge ruled today.

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

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.

Italy’s Francesco Totti has decided not to appeal against his three-match ban for gross unsporting conduct.