Accused saw Kercher 'hours' before murder, court told

Amanda Knox last saw British student Meredith Kercher a few hours before she was killed, the American murder suspect told a court today.

Giving evidence for the first time, Knox (aged 21) told a crowded courtroom she had said goodbye to Miss Kercher in the cottage they shared, before spending the night of the murder at the apartment of her then lover, Raffaele Sollecito.