‘Absurd’ to accuse Knox of killing says ex-lover

THE thought of Amanda Knox killing someone in a moment of anger is “absurd and unrealistic”, the American student’s former lover Raffaele Sollecito has said.

The pair were convicted last week of sexually assaulting and murdering British student Meredith Kercher, who was stabbed to death in Perugia, Italy, in November 2007.

Knox, 22, was jailed for 26 years and Italian Sollecito, 25, was jailed for 25 years.