A lucky British car mechanic who scooped a staggering £107.9m (€129m) Euromillions jackpot was named today as Neil Trotter.

Amanda Knox has said she was frightened and saddened after being found guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher and that “justice was perverted”.

Tomorrow night in Belfast I will step back into the ring and start a new phase of my career. I’m facing Anthony Fitzgerald from Dublin.

Amanda Knox’s slander trial in Italy has been postponed until next year because the judge is busy with another trial.

The father of murdered student Meredith Kercher has relived the agonising moment when he travelled to Italy to identify his daughter’s body.

Meredith Kercher’s family vowed today to lend prosecutors their full support if they fight the acquittal of Amanda Knox for the murder of the British student.

Amanda Knox was cleared tonight after a court overturned her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

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 mother of Amanda Knox, jailed for murdering her British flatmate in Italy, said new forensic evidence presented in court today exposed “glaring errors” in the investigation which led to her daughter’s conviction.

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.

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 father of Meredith Kercher has criticised a television film showing her screaming in terror as her killers pin her down.

Amanda Knox thinks it is “ridiculous” she has gained celebrity status since being jailed for murdering British student Meredith Kercher.

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 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 family of Amanda Knox, convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher, has asked lawyers to begin an appeal after reviewing the Italian court’s motivation for the verdict.

American Amanda Knox and her boyfriend were fairly convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher, the judges in their trial announced today.

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

A lawyer representing the family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher is today expected to seek millions in damages from her American roommate and an Italian co-defendant who are being tried for the killing.

The woman accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher may have been confused about what really happened because of stress, a doctor told her trial today.

The woman accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher went into the witness box for the first time today to give her version of what happened.

A man accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher when she refused to take part in a violent sex game told a court today: “I find it hard to kill a fly.”

British student Meredith Kercher was the victim of a plan by her killers to “satisfy their sexual instincts” that then got out of control, a judge has ruled.

The long-awaited trial of two former lovers charged with murdering British student Meredith Kercher got under way in Italy today.

The American woman accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher is innocent and should be released, her lawyers claimed today.

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

A FOURTH suspect wanted by Italian detectives investigating the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher was named yesterday.

The DNA of murdered British student Meredith Kercher and her flatmate Amanda Knox has been found on a knife, it was reported today.

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.

THE American flatmate of murdered Meredith Kercher has told Italian police she covered her ears as the student screamed.

Householders are clearing up after heavy rain brought further flood misery to parts of the south east of England.