December 4 2009: The Verdict is broadcast around the world: Guilty of murder ... 26 for Amanda Knox. The extra year for slandering Patrick Lamumba. ibid.
It takes a year to get to the Appeal. ibid.
‘Thank you to everyone who has believed in me.’ ibid. Knox in US
She was young. She was beautiful. And she was in big trouble. But was she guilty? It was a media spectacle. Amanda Knox: Crimes of the Century, Discovery 2016
‘The confession is a signed statement that they wrote for her which she signed.’ ibid.
The press had a field day and dug up everything they could about the accused. ibid.
There are those who believe in my innocence. And there are those who believe in my guilt. Amanda Knox, Amanda, Netflix 2016
Smoking pot and making love. ibid.
There were signs that she’d been violently held down. ibid. investigating rozzer
The post-mortem concluded that there had been some sort of sexual interference with Meredith’s body .. Little nicks in her chin as if someone had been taunting her. ibid. journalist
Why was the blanket covering the body? ibid. rozzer
Then Sollecito changes his version of the events: he turned his back on Amanda. ibid.
She’s a complete and utter loon. ibid. other rozzer to journalist re Amanda
The one thing that’s really bugging me is why Raffaele lied. ibid. Amanda
Mind games being played on her by the police and the prosecution. ibid. journalist
Meredith’s DNA was found on the tip of the blade. ibid. rozzer
We found that Meredith’s bra-clasp contained traces of Sollecito’s DNA. ibid.
Rudy’s presence in the house is undisputed. ibid.
Problems with contamination. ibid. independent forensics lady
Botched investigation and the bungled forensic work. ibid. journalist
6 years after the murder, an Italian court throws out Knox and Sollecito’s acquittal and the pair are found guilty once again. The guilty verdict focuses on circumstantial evidence including Knox’s behaviour and relationships. ibid.
Sollecito and Amanda Knox have been exonerated. ibid.
November 2007, Perugia, Italy: Police discover the body of a beautiful young woman brutally murdered. The murdered woman is an English exchange student: Meredith Kercher. Police and prosecutors immediately suspect her flatmate and boyfriend. The Murder of Meredith Kercher, Channel 5 2023
A third suspect admits to being at the scene of the crime … 20-year-old Rudy Guede, an unemployed drifter, joins the carnival atmosphere. ibid.
Eight years, multiple guilty verdicts, numerous appeals, a case that set countries against each other. The most controversial murder trial of the modern age. ibid.
Her throat cut, Meredith suffocated on her own blood. ibid.
Forensics find Amanda’s DNA on the handle of the knife, and on the blade a microscopic trace of Meredith’s DNA. The Prosecution think they’ve nailed Meredith’s killers. ibid.
Rudy is arrested in Germany travelling under the false name of Kenneth Wade. And he has five cuts on his right hand. ibid.
The forensic evidence against Guede is overwhelming. ibid.
Defence lawyers claims the crucial samples on the knife and the bra clasp were contaminated. ibid.
‘There were two pieces of evidence that concerned me.’ ibid. Professor Greg Hampikian, US forensic expert
Three and a half years after the murder the Independence Review finds fundamental problems with two key pieces of DNA evidence. ibid.
‘It’s a comedy … They’re not clean gloves. They’re visually dirty.’ ibid. Hampikian
In the two months before Meredith’s murder there were five break-ins that seemed to bear the hallmarks of Rudy Geude. ibid.
Within days of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher the Italian police had arrested three suspects. The prosecution claimed they had forced Meredith to take part in a violent drug-fuelled sex game and then killed her. Cutting Edge: Sex, Lies & the Murder of Meredith Kercher, Channel 4 2008
Overnight, Amanda Knox and her lover became international celebrities. ibid.
Knox’s retraction came too late. By then she was already locked up and facing a murder charge. ibid.