Knox And Sollecito Acquitted Of Meredith Kercher’s Murder By Ashleigh Barbour March 27 2015, 10:00 pm March 27 2015, 10:00 pm Share Knox And Sollecito Acquitted Of Meredith Kercher’s Murder Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/world/533888/knox-sollecito-acquitted-meredith-kerchers-murder/ Copy Link Amanda Marie Knox, left, and Raffaele Sollecito, stand outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead. An Italian court has overturned the conviction of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The decision by the supreme Court of Cassation is the final ruling in the case, ending the long legal battle waged by Ms Knox and her ex-boyfriend. Ms Kercher, a 21-year-old from Coulsdon, Surrey, was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her bedroom in 2007 while studying in Perugia, Italy. Her flatmate Ms Knox, a student from Seattle in the US, and Mr Sollecito spent four years in jail for the murder but were acquitted on appeal in 2011. Ms Knox returned to the US before an appeal court threw out the acquittal and reinstated her and Sollecito’s guilty verdicts last year. But Italy’s highest court today overturned last year’s convictions and declined to order another trial.
