Integrity of Irish justice system at stake

AMANDA Knox walked free last Monday, ending a nightmare that dominated her life for the last four years. An Italian appeal court acquitted her of the murder of Meredith Kercher in November 2007. Knox is from Seattle, Kercher was British.

Both were 21-year-old students and housemates at the time of Kercher’s murder near the Italian city of Perugia. They had known each other for less than two months.

Knox is expected to make a fortune from her story. But the outcome of the appeal also means that Kercher’s family have yet to attain closure. One man has been convicted of the stabbing that ended the life of their loved one, but the consensus is that others were involved. The family are also distraught at the PR campaign that was driving Knox’s appeal.