Knox to stand trial over slander

AN Italian judge yesterday ordered Amanda Knox to stand trial on slander charges for claiming she was beaten by police when questioned in 2007 about her flatmate’s murder.

The 23-year-old American maintains she was trying to defend herself and did not mean to slander anybody, her lawyers said.

Knox had claimed she was beaten by police during questioning over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher three years ago.