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 […]
Amanda Knox, the American who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her British roommate while studying abroad in Italy in 2007, was reconvicted in an Italian court Wednesday on slander charges stemming from the 17-year-old case. Here’s what you need to know about the latest conviction against Knox, now 36, and what it means for her. […]
Amanda Knox was reconvicted by an Italian court of slander in the final case related to the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox, 36, originally was convicted in 2009 of slander for falsely accusing Patrick Lumumba of murdering Kercher. An appellate court in Florence, Italy, upheld that conviction on Wednesday, June 5, nearly two […]
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 […]
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 […]
An Italian court has re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander, even after she was exonerated over the brutal 2007 murder of her British flatmate while the two were exchange students in Italy. The court in Florence found that Knox had wrongly accused an innocent man, the Congolese owner of the bar where she worked part-time, of […]
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 […]
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 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’ […]
Amanda Knox will return to an Italian courtroom for the first time in more than 12 and a half years to clear her name “once and for all” of a slander charge. The American was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her 21-year-old British flatmate Meredith Kercher in the idyllic hilltop town of Perugia. […]
Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all. Her chance was made possible when a European court ruled that Italy violated her human rights during a long night of questioning after the murder of her British roommate […]
Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all. Her chance was made possible when a European court ruled that Italy violated her human rights during a long night of questioning over the murder of Meredith […]