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| Amanda Knox to learn fate over Kercher murder retrial | Amanda Knox to learn fate over Kercher murder retrial |
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| Amanda Knox, the US student acquitted of the murder of her British flatmate, Meredith Kercher, will on Monday learn if she and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are to face yet another trial. Italy's highest appeals court is due to rule on a prosecution application for their convictions to be reinstated. | Amanda Knox, the US student acquitted of the murder of her British flatmate, Meredith Kercher, will on Monday learn if she and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are to face yet another trial. Italy's highest appeals court is due to rule on a prosecution application for their convictions to be reinstated. |
| If the court decides against them, they could face a retrial in Florence. Otherwise they will finally be in the clear, and entitled to compensation for wrongful imprisonment. | If the court decides against them, they could face a retrial in Florence. Otherwise they will finally be in the clear, and entitled to compensation for wrongful imprisonment. |
| Knox, a student at the University of Washington, and Sollecito, who is now studying in Verona, were acquitted on appeal in October 2011 after four years in jail. The judges found DNA evidence used to convict them was unreliable. | Knox, a student at the University of Washington, and Sollecito, who is now studying in Verona, were acquitted on appeal in October 2011 after four years in jail. The judges found DNA evidence used to convict them was unreliable. |
| Kercher, aged 21, from Coulsdon, Surrey, was found stabbed to death in the flat she shared with Knox in the Umbrian hill town of Perugia in November 2007. In a 111-page submission to the Court of Cassation, the prosecution said the verdict contained numerous omissions. | Kercher, aged 21, from Coulsdon, Surrey, was found stabbed to death in the flat she shared with Knox in the Umbrian hill town of Perugia in November 2007. In a 111-page submission to the Court of Cassation, the prosecution said the verdict contained numerous omissions. |
| The judges will make their decision on points of law rather than the evidence. They will also rule on the validity of Knox's conviction for slandering a bar owner, Patrick Lumumba, whom she accused of Kercher's murder. | |
| • This article was amended on 25 March 2013. The original said Knox was convicted of slandering the police, whom she accused of brutality during her interrogation. Knox has not yet been tried on that charge. She was convicted of slandering a bar owner, Patrick Lumumba. |