Amanda Knox Acquitted of Sex Murder
The main suspect in a controversial sex murder in Italy, the American student Amanda Knox, was acquitted Monday on appeal.
Amanda Knox acquitted of sex murder
PERUGIA – The main suspect in a controversial sex murder in Italy, the American student Amanda Knox, was acquitted Monday on appeal.
The court in Perugia ruled that they must be immediately released. Knox (24) Sat four years.
Her Italian ex-boyfriend and fellow suspect Raffaele Sollecito, was acquitted.
Knox and Sollecito have been accused in 2007 of murdering a roommate in a dorm in the Italian city of Perugia.
The 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death during a sex game. The victim was half naked, had dozens of stab wounds and her throat had been slit.
third suspect
Knox for the murder of Kercher was previously sentenced to 26 years in prison, her ex-boyfriend of 25 years.
The two went at it on appeal. Independent experts, including sowing doubt about crucial DNA evidence.
A third suspect, Rudy Guede of the Ivory Coast, had previously been convicted in connection with the murder. He received 30 years imprisonment, which on appeal was reduced to 16 years.
nightmare
Knox’s family was pleased with the verdict. ”We are grateful to Amanda’s nightmare is over. She suffered for a crime they did not commit, “said a sister of Knox.
Knox himself reiterated Monday that she was innocent. ”I have not killed, I have not raped, I did not steal, I was not there,’’she said tearfully.
look horrid
The case received much media attention worldwide. Knox was in the process is sometimes depicted as a devil. One of the nicknames she received was the “Angel with the icy gaze. Those who were convinced of her innocence just described her death as a normal, naive girl.
Outside the court protesting the ruling. A man with a speaker shouted:”They are guilty! “
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