An Italian prosecutor has demanded that an appeal court find Amanda Knox guilty of the 2007 murder of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, a killing he argued may have been rooted in arguments about cleanliness and triggered by a toilet left unflushed by the only man now in jail for the murder.

Amanda Knox’s second appeal trial has agreed to additional DNA tests on the weapon presumed to have murdered her British housemate Meredith Kercher.

US student Amanda Knox’s second appeals trial to determine her role in the murder of her British housemate is under way in Italy in her absence.

The acquittal of accused murderer Amanda Knox was full of “deficiencies, contradictions and illogical” conclusions Italy’s high court has ruled, ordering a fresh look at all the evidence to determine whether she did kill her flatmate Meredith Kercher.

Italy’s highest criminal court has today overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox over the murder of her roommate, and ordered a new trial.

Meredith Kercher’s father has appealed to her murderer to finally “come clean” and reveal what really happened the night she was stabbed to death.

One of the jurors who overturned Amanda Knox’s murder conviction has said he was never convinced by the “conjecture” of the prosecution’s case and that he believed the US student and her co-defendant simply did not kill her British roommate.

HE may have called a halt to the celebrations at the end of last night’s win in Zilina — but Russia coach Dick Advocaat must know Euro 2012 qualification is all but certain now.

Amanda Knox made a heartfelt plea for freedom today telling an appeal court she was innocent of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

ALMOST four years after her imprisonment for the murder of Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox will learn today whether she may walk free.

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.

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.

ARMENIA stunned Slovakia with four second-half goals in Zilina to blow Ireland’s Euro 2012 qualifying Group B wide open.

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.

Kevin Doyle won a late reprieve as the Republic of Ireland attempted to edge their way closer to qualification for the Euro 2012 finals.

AMERICAN Amanda Knox was confirmed as the killer of British student Meredith Kercher yesterday by the very witness she hoped would clear her.

American Amanda Knox was confirmed as the killer of British student Meredith Kercher today by the very witness she hoped would clear her.

American Amanda Knox was confirmed as the killer of British student Meredith Kercher today by the very witness she hoped would clear her.

One of the killers of British student Meredith Kercher is to give evidence in the appeal of American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend against their murder convictions.

American student Amanda Knox’s appeals trial resumes tomorrow with testimony from an Ivorian man also convicted in the slaying of Knox’s roommate in Perugia.

AMANDA Knox and her lover Raffaele Sollecito turned to a convicted child killer and a mobster in their bid to overturn their convictions for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher at the weekend.

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.

A convicted child murderer has taken the stand at the appeal hearing of Amanda Knox, claiming he has information clearing the American student of killing her British roommate.

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.

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.

The harrowing scene of Meredith Kercher’s murder has been recreated for a television film, showing her screaming in terror as her killers pin her down.

Amanda Knox appeared in court today for a key decision on whether a review of the evidence used to convict her of Meredith Kercher’s murder will be allowed.

The appeal against a murder conviction by American student Amanda Knox resumed today in Italy, with the court expected to issue a key decision on whether to allow a review of the case’s evidence and new witnesses.

ONE of the killers of British student Meredith Kercher has appealed against his conviction again.

One of the killers of British student Meredith Kercher has appealed against his conviction again.

A man convicted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher has written a letter implicating his co-defendants and denying he ever said they had nothing to do with the murder.

ONE of the killers of British student Meredith Kercher had his sentence halved by an appeal court.

One of the killers of British student Meredith Kercher had his sentence halved by an appeal court today.

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.

AMERICAN student Amanda Knox, fighting back tears, told the Italian court trying her for the murder of her British roommate that she doesn’t want to be branded an assassin.

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.

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.

AN AMERICAN student accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fuelled sex game, a prosecutor said yesterday in closing arguments at her murder trial.

British student Meredith Kercher was killed by her room mate in a drug-fuelled revenge attack, a court heard today.

Prosecutors in Italy today began their closing arguments in the Meredith Kercher murder trial.