Court urged to overturn Knox acquittal

A state prosecutor urged Italy’s top court to overturn the acquittal of American Amanda Knox and a former boyfriend for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

Ms Kercher’s half-naked body, with more than 40 wounds and a deep gash in the throat, was found in the apartment she shared with Knox in Perugia in 2007.

The court of cassation, Italy’s final court of appeal, is due to decide at 9am today Irish time on whether to start the process for a retrial or to uphold the 2011 verdict and close the case definitively.