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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italian court upholds Amanda Knox slander conviction

Amanda Knox arrives at the courthouse in Florence
Knox reportedly told the judge: ‘I’m sorry I wasn’t able to resist the pressure and that he suffered. I humbly ask you to declare me innocent.’ Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images

A Florence court has upheld a slander conviction against Amanda Knox for wrongly accusing a bar owner of murdering the British student Meredith Kercher.

The American, 36, had asked for the conviction to be dropped, saying she had returned to Italy in the hope of “clearing my name once and for all of the false charges against me”.

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