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Amanda Knox convicted in slander retrial in Italy over 2007 killing of her roommate
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on June 6, 2024
Amanda Knox, an American previously convicted and later exonerated of the 2007 murder of her housemate while studying in Italy, faced another legal setback on Wednesday. An Italian court found Knox guilty of slander related to the same case. Knox was convicted in a Florence court of unjustly accusing a man, who owned a bar where...
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Published on June 5, 2024 - 01:49
Amanda Knox back in court in Italy for slander retrial
Amanda Knox arrives back in court in Italy for a slander case related to her infamous jailing and later acquittal for the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007. The American was only 20 when she and her Italian then-boyfriend were arrested for the brutal killing of the 21-year-old student at the girls' shared home in Perugia. The murder began a long legal saga where Knox was found guilty, acquitted, found guilty again and finally cleared of all charges in 2015. But she still had a related conviction for slander for blaming the murder on a local bar owner, Patrick Lumumba, during initial questioning by police.