Italy’s highest court will not rule until tomorrow on whether to uphold the conviction of American Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, a court official said.

Amanda Knox’s defence lawyer urged Italy’s highest court today to overturn the American’s conviction in the 2007 murder of her British roommate, calling it a “grave judicial error”.

Amanda Knox’s former Italian boyfriend engaged a dramatic change of defence strategy — shedding doubt on her alibi for murder.

Raffaele Sollecito has said his American ex-girlfriend provided alibis for him that he will use to argue Italy’s court of last resort should dismiss his conviction for the murder of her British room-mate Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox has again proclaimed her innocence and dismissed the findings of an Italian appeals court that says she delivered the fatal blow to her roommate in 2007.

Amanda Knox claims there is "no logic" to an Italian court’s decision to reinstate her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

The Italian court that convicted Amanda Knox of Meredith Kercher’s murder says the British student’s wounds indicate multiple aggressors, and that the two exchange students fought over money on the night of her death.

The Italian court that convicted Amanda Knox of Meredith Kercher’s murder has said the British student’s wounds indicate multiple aggressors, and that the two exchange students fought over money on the night of her death.

Pope Francis has given a lift to two lucky children during his general audience in St Peter’s Square.

‘Hup you get! Two kids are beside themselves today after they hitched a ride in the Popemobile.

The sister of murdered student Meredith Kercher has spoken of the “fear and terror” she must have felt on the night she died.

Amanda Knox vowed to fight her second conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 while the two were students together in the Italian university town of Perugia.

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”.

Amanda Knox declared her innocence in her roommate’s 2007 murder in a highly unusual email to the Italian court hearing the case against her. The US former exchange student also said she was staying away from the trial out of fear of being wrongly convicted.

Amanda Knox has declared her innocence over the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in an email to the Italian court hearing the case against her, and said she was staying away from the trial out of fear of being wrongly convicted.

Amanda Knox should be convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher, whose tragic death was in danger of being overlooked, an Italian appeal court has been told.

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.

An Italian appeals court has been urged to re-convict Amanda Knox for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher and undo the alleged mistakes of the hearing that freed her.

A Transgender mafia turncoat has accused her brother of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 at the retrial of Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend.

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

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.

Amanda Knox — the American student accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy in 2007 — said that “common sense” told her not to return to Italy for a retrial due to begin on Sept 30.

Amanda Knox will not return to Italy for a new appeals trial over the 2007 killing of her British roommate, her lawyer has said.

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.

The former boyfriend of Amanda Knox has repeated his innocence as he prepares to face a retrial over the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher.

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.

Amanda Knox, who may travel to Italy for her retrial in the murder case of British student Meredith Kercher, has blamed prosecutors for creating her media image as a sex-hungry deviant.

Amanda Knox has said she wants to visit the grave of murdered British student Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox has said she wants to visit the grave of murdered British student Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox has claimed that what happened to her when she went on trial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy could have happened to anyone.

A lawyer for Amanda Knox said the US college student was “ready to fight” after Italy’s top criminal court overturned her acquittal and ordered a retrial for the murder of her British room-mate Meredith Kercher.

Italy’s highest criminal court yesterday ordered a new trial for Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, overturning their acquittals in the gruesome slaying of her British roommate.

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

Italy’s highest court will issue a decision today on whether to overturn American student Amanda Knox’s acquittal in the murder of her British room-mate.

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 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.

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

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

Amanda Knox, whose conviction and eventual acquittal over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher made headlines worldwide, has signed an agreement with HarperCollins to tell her story.

Prosecutors have formally lodged an appeal to Italy’s highest criminal court against the overturning of the murder convictions of Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend.

Prosecutors have asked Italy’s highest criminal court to reinstate the murder convictions of Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.