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| Amanda Knox faces trial for 'slandering' Kercher police | Amanda Knox faces trial for 'slandering' Kercher police |
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| American student Amanda Knox is to face trial for slander after saying police beat her during questioning over the killing of Briton Meredith Kercher. | American student Amanda Knox is to face trial for slander after saying police beat her during questioning over the killing of Briton Meredith Kercher. |
| A judge made the decision at a closed indictment hearing in Perugia, Italy. | A judge made the decision at a closed indictment hearing in Perugia, Italy. |
| Knox, 23, told the judge she never intended slander and was just trying to defend herself, her lawyer said. | Knox, 23, told the judge she never intended slander and was just trying to defend herself, her lawyer said. |
| She is serving a 26-year prison term for the murder of Leeds University student Miss Kercher, 21, her housemate from Coulsdon, south London. | |
| Knox's former boyfriend, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, is serving 25 years for holding down Miss Kercher while Knox stabbed her to death. | Knox's former boyfriend, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, is serving 25 years for holding down Miss Kercher while Knox stabbed her to death. |
| Their trial heard they had cornered their victim after starting a sex game with drug dealer Rudy Guede, 22, who was also jailed for 30 years for the killing. | Their trial heard they had cornered their victim after starting a sex game with drug dealer Rudy Guede, 22, who was also jailed for 30 years for the killing. |
| Afterwards they tried to make the death look like part of a failed burglary, breaking the window in Miss Kercher's room to look like forced entry. But police realised it had been done from the inside. | Afterwards they tried to make the death look like part of a failed burglary, breaking the window in Miss Kercher's room to look like forced entry. But police realised it had been done from the inside. |
| Appeal hearing | Appeal hearing |
| The BBC's Duncan Kennedy, in Rome, said Knox had claimed the officers beat her about the head during questioning - something the police always denied - and that the slander trial would start next May. | The BBC's Duncan Kennedy, in Rome, said Knox had claimed the officers beat her about the head during questioning - something the police always denied - and that the slander trial would start next May. |
| In a separate development, he said: "Amanda Knox's appeal against the murder conviction is to begin in a couple of weeks' time. We understand that she will be calling new witnesses to try to prove her innocence. | In a separate development, he said: "Amanda Knox's appeal against the murder conviction is to begin in a couple of weeks' time. We understand that she will be calling new witnesses to try to prove her innocence. |
| "She has said all along she was nowhere near the house on the night Meredith Kercher died." | "She has said all along she was nowhere near the house on the night Meredith Kercher died." |
| Knox, from Seattle, has previously been ordered to pay 40,000 euros (£34,566) compensation to local barman Patrick Lumumba, for falsely accusing him of the murder. | Knox, from Seattle, has previously been ordered to pay 40,000 euros (£34,566) compensation to local barman Patrick Lumumba, for falsely accusing him of the murder. |
| Miss Kercher was spending a year abroad in the Umbrian hilltop town when she was killed. | Miss Kercher was spending a year abroad in the Umbrian hilltop town when she was killed. |