Knox called 'anxious' as prosecutors seek retrial
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March 26, 2013, Tuesday
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AMANDA Knox was "very anxious" as Italy's top criminal court heard arguments yesterday from prosecutors appealing her acquittal in the murder of her roommate, her lawyer said.
"She's carefully paying attention to what will come out," attorney Luciano Ghirga said outside Italy's Court of Cassation. "This is a fundamental stage. The trial is very complex."
Prosecutors are asking the high court to throw out the acquittals of American Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, and order a new trial. Knox, now 25, and Raffaele Sollecito were arrested in 2007, shortly after Kercher's body was found.
Knox and Sollecito were initially convicted and given long prison sentences: 26 years for Knox, 25 for Sollecito. But in 2011, the appeals court acquitted them, criticizing virtually the entire case mounted by prosecutors in the first trial.
After nearly four years behind bars, Knox returned to her hometown of Seattle. If the court does order a retrial, Knox wouldn't have to return, as there is no requirement to be in court. A young drifter from Ivory Coast, Rudy Guede, was convicted of the slaying separately and is serving 16 years.
"She's carefully paying attention to what will come out," attorney Luciano Ghirga said outside Italy's Court of Cassation. "This is a fundamental stage. The trial is very complex."
Prosecutors are asking the high court to throw out the acquittals of American Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, and order a new trial. Knox, now 25, and Raffaele Sollecito were arrested in 2007, shortly after Kercher's body was found.
Knox and Sollecito were initially convicted and given long prison sentences: 26 years for Knox, 25 for Sollecito. But in 2011, the appeals court acquitted them, criticizing virtually the entire case mounted by prosecutors in the first trial.
After nearly four years behind bars, Knox returned to her hometown of Seattle. If the court does order a retrial, Knox wouldn't have to return, as there is no requirement to be in court. A young drifter from Ivory Coast, Rudy Guede, was convicted of the slaying separately and is serving 16 years.
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