Amanda Knox | Meredith Kercher

Amanda Knox

Amanda Marie Knox is an American woman who, in 2009, was convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. She served four years of a 26-year sentence before the murder conviction was overturned on October 3, 2011. Wikipedia

Born: July 9, 1987 (age 26), Seattle, Washington, United States

Height: 1.63 m

Movies: L'ultima città

Books: Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir

Siblings: Deanna Knox

Parents: Curt Knox, Edda Mellas

British student Meredith Kercher, on February 6, 2009 in Perugia, Italy. Source: Supplied

AMANDA Knox says she is frightened by the "unjust'' verdict of an Italian court that has convicted her for a second time for the murder of a British student in 2007.

In the latest dramatic twist in the high-profile case, the court in Florence sentenced the former American student to 28 years and six months in prison.

After 12 hours of deliberations, the court also found Knox's former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito guilty for killing Meredith Kercher in the university town of Perugia and sentenced him to 25 years.

"The court...determines a sentence of 28 years and six months for Amanda Knox,'' said the presiding judge, Alessandro Nencini.

Knox was following the proceedings from her hometown of Seattle in the United States, where she has lived since a previous acquittal in 2011.

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