Knox family pleased at murder evidence review

AMANDA KNOX’S family have expressed their delight after a court allowed a review of the evidence used to convict her of Meredith Kercher’s murder.

The American student is serving a 26-year prison sentence in Perugia for the brutal killing, which prosecutors said followed a bungled sex game.

Now appealing in the Italian hilltop town, her hopes of having the verdict overturned were given a boost by Saturday’s decision to grant a re-examination of crucial DNA evidence.