AMANDA Knox was seen in tears as she returns to court to overturn a conviction for slander related to the 2007 killing of a British student.
The American activist spent nearly four years behind bars in Italy after she was wrongfully convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher.
APAmanda Knox cries as she arrives at the Florence courtroom on Wednesday[/caption]
ReutersKnox appears on the day of the verdict in the slander case[/caption]
AFPAmanda Knox arrives with her husband Christopher Robinson at the courthouse[/caption]
The slander case is the last outstanding case against Knox following Kercher’s death.
Knox said on X this week: “I hope to clear my name once and for all of the false charges against me.
“Wish me luck!”
The American was 20 years old when she and her Italian then-boyfriend were arrested for the brutal killing of 21-year-old Kercher, who she was sharing a flat with in Perugia.
Kercher’s half-naked body was found in a pool of blood inside the roommates’ cottage in November 2007.
Her throat had been slit and she had suffered multiple stab wounds.
Knox was found guilty, acquitted, found guilty again, and then finally cleared of all charges in 2015 – but still had a conviction for slander.
The slander conviction related to her blaming Kerhcer’s murder on a local bar owner during initial police questioning.
Italy’s highest court threw out the conviction on appeal and ordered a retrial in October, which began earlier this year in Florence.
But Knox did not appear at court – until today.
She was pictured in tears as she arrived at the Florence court this morning, flanked by husband Christopher Robinson.
The American is expected to appear in the same courtroom where she was reconvicted of murder in 2014, and to receive a verdict – which both parties will be able to appeal.
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