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| Amanda Knox, the US student put on trial for the murder of her British flatmate in Italy, has said in her first television interview that her experience could have happened to anyone. | Amanda Knox, the US student put on trial for the murder of her British flatmate in Italy, has said in her first television interview that her experience could have happened to anyone. |
| Knox, now 25, was acquitted in 2011 of the murder of the Leeds University student Meredith Kercher – who was found stabbed to death in Perugia in 2007. | Knox, now 25, was acquitted in 2011 of the murder of the Leeds University student Meredith Kercher – who was found stabbed to death in Perugia in 2007. |
| Italian prosecutors claimed Knox, her then boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, and a third man killed Kercher in a drug-fuelled sex game. She is now facing a retrial in her absence in an Italian court. | Italian prosecutors claimed Knox, her then boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, and a third man killed Kercher in a drug-fuelled sex game. She is now facing a retrial in her absence in an Italian court. |
| In an interview with the US ABC network, which is due to be aired late on Tuesday night, Knox protested her innocence and described her ordeal. The interview comes as Knox releases her memoir, Waiting to Be Heard. | In an interview with the US ABC network, which is due to be aired late on Tuesday night, Knox protested her innocence and described her ordeal. The interview comes as Knox releases her memoir, Waiting to Be Heard. |
| Asked about what it was like to be called a "she-devil with an angel face" and "sphinx of Perugia", Knox told ABC's Diane Sawyer: "They're wrong. | Asked about what it was like to be called a "she-devil with an angel face" and "sphinx of Perugia", Knox told ABC's Diane Sawyer: "They're wrong. |
| "I was in the courtroom when they were calling me a devil. I mean it's one thing to be called certain things in the media and then it's another thing to be sitting in a courtroom fighting for your life when people are calling you a devil. | "I was in the courtroom when they were calling me a devil. I mean it's one thing to be called certain things in the media and then it's another thing to be sitting in a courtroom fighting for your life when people are calling you a devil. |
| "For all intents and purposes I was a murderer, whether I was or not. I had to live with the idea that that would be my life." | "For all intents and purposes I was a murderer, whether I was or not. I had to live with the idea that that would be my life." |
| Knox said: "I want the truth to come out. I'd like to be reconsidered as a person. What happened to me was surreal, but it could have happened to anyone." | Knox said: "I want the truth to come out. I'd like to be reconsidered as a person. What happened to me was surreal, but it could have happened to anyone." |
| Knox returned to her home in Seattle after she was dramatically cleared in late 2011 following four years in jail. | Knox returned to her home in Seattle after she was dramatically cleared in late 2011 following four years in jail. |
| However, last month, Italy's highest criminal court overturned Knox's acquittal for Kercher's murder. Knox and Sollecito, 29, were convicted following a high-profile trial but were released after an appeal. | However, last month, Italy's highest criminal court overturned Knox's acquittal for Kercher's murder. Knox and Sollecito, 29, were convicted following a high-profile trial but were released after an appeal. |
| Italian law cannot compel Knox to return to the country for a fresh trial but she could eventually face an extradition request. It would then be up to the US to decide if it honours it. | Italian law cannot compel Knox to return to the country for a fresh trial but she could eventually face an extradition request. It would then be up to the US to decide if it honours it. |
| Knox and Sollecito have consistently protested their innocence and claim they were not even in the apartment on the night Kercher died. | Knox and Sollecito have consistently protested their innocence and claim they were not even in the apartment on the night Kercher died. |
| The case mounted against them by prosecutors was ripped apart by the Italian appeals court, which noted that the murder weapon was never found, DNA tests were faulty and prosecutors provided no motive for murder. | |
| Rudy Guede, a small-time drug dealer from the Ivory Coast, is the only person who remains behind bars over the case in Italy, where he is serving a 16-year sentence for sexually assaulting and killing the British student. | Rudy Guede, a small-time drug dealer from the Ivory Coast, is the only person who remains behind bars over the case in Italy, where he is serving a 16-year sentence for sexually assaulting and killing the British student. |
| He has always admitted being present at Kercher's home on the night of the murder but denied involvement. | |
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