Knox to learn if she will walk free as appeal verdict due

ALMOST four years after her imprisonment for the murder of Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox will learn today whether she may walk free.

Following an 11-month appeal against her conviction and 26-year prison sentence, the young American is counting down the final hours before an Italian court in Perugia determines her fate.

Prosecutors have fought a desperate battle to keep her behind bars for the killing they claim marked the gruesome finale to an extreme sex game forced on British student Kercher.