Tag: Amanda

Amanda Knox vows to ‘fight for truth’ after slander conviction

Amanda Knox has told Italian TV that she was surprised by a Florence appeals court’s decision to find her guilty of slander in light of a European court ruling that police who took her confession had violated her human rights. “I will fight for the truth,” Ms Knox told Sky TG24 in her first public […]

Who Is Patrick Lumumba in the Amanda Knox Case?

Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder. Reader discretion is advised. Patrick Lumumba was a local Congolese bar owner in Italy’s Perugia, and the employer of Amanda Knox at the time of her roommate Meredith Kercher’s murder. According to AP News, Knox worked part-time in Lumumba’s bar in the university town. Knox lived with Kercher, […]

Italian court finds Amanda Knox guilty in slander case

STORY: :: June 5, 2024 An Italian court found American Amanda Knox guilty of slander on Wednesday and handed her a three-year jail sentence in a case related to the murder of her British flatmate in 2007. The sentence will have no practical impact as it is covered by the time Knox spent in jail […]

Amanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italian court

An Italian court on Wednesday re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander, upholding the only conviction still standing in association with the brutal murder of her roommate in 2007. The Florence court sentenced Knox to three years for slandering Patrick Lumumba, a Congolese bar owner, in a written statement following the murder of Meredith Kercher. Knox is […]

Amanda Knox asks Italian court to clear her of slander charge

Amanda Knox has asked eight Italian judges and jury members to clear her of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated over the brutal 2007 murder of her British flatmate while the two were exchange students in Italy. In a soft and sometimes breaking voice, Knox told the Florence court that she […]

Amanda Knox back in court in Italy hoping to finally clear her name

Almost ten years after her acquittal in a notorious murder trial, the US-American Amanda Knox is back in court in Italy. The now 36-year-old appeared before an appeals court in Florence on Wednesday because she wants to obtain another acquittal in connection with the murder of a British exchange student in 2007. Knox now lives […]

Amanda Knox returns to Italian courtroom to hear slander verdict

By Silvia Ognibene FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) -American Amanda Knox returned to court in Italy on Wednesday as she sought to overturn a conviction for slander, the last outstanding case against her following the notorious killing of a British student in 2007. “I hope to clear my name once and for all of the false charges […]

Amanda Knox back in court in Italy, in slander retrial

Amanda Knox returned to court in Italy Wednesday for a slander case related to her infamous jailing, and later acquittal, for the murder of her British roommate in 2007. The American was only 20 when she and her Italian then-boyfriend were arrested for the brutal killing of 21-year-old fellow student Meredith Kercher at the girls’ […]