Amanda Knox is “very anxious” as Italy’s top criminal court hears arguments from prosecutors appealing over her acquittal of the murder of her roommate, a lawyer said today.

AMANDA KNOX was back in an Italian courtroom as the American student’s slander trial opened in Perugia.

Murderer Amanda Knox was back in an court today for a slander trial after accusing Italian police of beating her during questioning over the death of British student Meredith Kercher.

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.

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.

A NERVOUS looking Amanda Knox began her appeal yesterday against her conviction for the sex-murder of a British student in the medieval Italian city of Perugia in 2007.

AMANDA Knox appeared in court sporting a boyish new look yesterday as she faced accusations of slandering Italian police while on trial for the murder of Meredith Kercher.

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

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.

THE defence for US student Amanda Knox says female police officers investigating the murder of British student Meredith Kercher “had it in” for Knox because of a sex toy found in the home both women shared.

Amanda Knox had no motive for killing British student Meredith Kercher, her lawyer told a court today.

Lawyers for a US student accused of killing her British room-mate in Italy were today wrapping up their closing arguments, urging a court to clear her of all charges.

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.

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.

An American student accused in the stabbing death of her British roommate had a scratch on her neck hours after the killing, a witness testified today at the murder trial in Italy.

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.

The long-awaited trial of two former lovers charged with murdering British student Meredith Kercher begins tomorrow amid fears it could be prejudiced by sensational coverage.

An American student slit the throat of her British housemate in a Satanic rite, prosecutors have told an Italian court.

An American student slit the throat of her British house mate in a Satanic rite, prosecutors told an Italian court 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.

Italian prosecutors have requested formal murder charges against three suspects in the killing of British woman Meredith Kercher.

An Italian judge today postponed a ruling on whether three people held over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher should continue to be held in jail.