It is very hard to get past the fact that Knox is a pathalogical liar...no one should believe a single word that comes from her mouth. How will we know in the future if Knox is lying ? her lips will move ! another Misty Cummings...
The American is beginning a 26-year jail sentence after she convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher.
But U.S. senator Maria Cantwell said there were ‘serious questions about the Italian justice system’ and claimed there had been an anti-American element at the trial.
She said: 'I am in contact with the U.S. Ambassador to Italy and have been since the time of Ms. Knox's arrest. I will be conveying my concerns to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.'
Father Saulo Scarabattoli was a regular visitor and confidant to Knox in the two years she spent in prison before the court case.
Knox, 22, talked to him at length about her feelings and hopes in the weeks leading up to the verdict.
But the priest, who is the official chaplain to Capanne, the main prison in Perugia, Italy, said Knox was clearly convinced that the court would find her guilty of the British woman’s murder as the final week of her trial began.
He admitted too that he had feared the worst for Knox, who was sentenced to 26 years in jail for the murder of Meredith, 21, a Leeds University student who was in Perugia on a year abroad.
Knox’s ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 25, was also found guilty of the same charges, but given a year less on his sentence.
Meredith, from Coulsdon, Surrey, was found semi-naked in a pool of blood in the bedroom of the house the two girls shared with two Italian women in November 2007.
Initially Knox – nicknamed Foxy Knoxy for her string of boyfriends in her short time in Italy – said she saw bar owner Patrick Lumumba, 40, a father of two, rape and kill the British undergraduate.
But she changed her story when he was cleared, claiming that she had not been in the house at the time of the crime.
On Friday, the jury decided to accept the prosecution’s case that Sollecito held Meredith down while Knox cut her throat with a six-inch kitchen knife.
They found that they had committed the killing with drug dealer Rudy Guede, 22, who was jailed for Meredith’s murder and sexual violence last October.
Father Scarabattoli said he saw Knox in an emotional meeting yesterday morning as she began day one of her sentence in the maximum security prison.
He said she was distraught and added: ‘She is utterly destroyed. Imagine how you would feel if you were condemned to 26 years imprisonment.’ But he said she was ‘putting some hope’ into her appeal against conviction.
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The American is beginning a 26-year jail sentence after she convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher.
But U.S. senator Maria Cantwell said there were ‘serious questions about the Italian justice system’ and claimed there had been an anti-American element at the trial.
She said: 'I am in contact with the U.S. Ambassador to Italy and have been since the time of Ms. Knox's arrest. I will be conveying my concerns to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.'
Led to jail: Amanda Knox on Friday following her conviction for murder
Meanwhile, the priest who counselled Amanda Knox during her trial said the American student knew she would be convicted of murder.Father Saulo Scarabattoli was a regular visitor and confidant to Knox in the two years she spent in prison before the court case.
Knox, 22, talked to him at length about her feelings and hopes in the weeks leading up to the verdict.
But the priest, who is the official chaplain to Capanne, the main prison in Perugia, Italy, said Knox was clearly convinced that the court would find her guilty of the British woman’s murder as the final week of her trial began.
He admitted too that he had feared the worst for Knox, who was sentenced to 26 years in jail for the murder of Meredith, 21, a Leeds University student who was in Perugia on a year abroad.
Knox’s ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 25, was also found guilty of the same charges, but given a year less on his sentence.
Victim: Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death in Perugia two years ago. Right, her killer Knox is pictured arriving at court to hear the verdict
Initially Knox – nicknamed Foxy Knoxy for her string of boyfriends in her short time in Italy – said she saw bar owner Patrick Lumumba, 40, a father of two, rape and kill the British undergraduate.
But she changed her story when he was cleared, claiming that she had not been in the house at the time of the crime.
On Friday, the jury decided to accept the prosecution’s case that Sollecito held Meredith down while Knox cut her throat with a six-inch kitchen knife.
They found that they had committed the killing with drug dealer Rudy Guede, 22, who was jailed for Meredith’s murder and sexual violence last October.
Father Scarabattoli said he saw Knox in an emotional meeting yesterday morning as she began day one of her sentence in the maximum security prison.
He said she was distraught and added: ‘She is utterly destroyed. Imagine how you would feel if you were condemned to 26 years imprisonment.’ But he said she was ‘putting some hope’ into her appeal against conviction.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233539/Amanda-Knox-victim-anti-American-trial-campaigners-urge-Hillary-Clinton-launch-investigation.html#ixzz1Zt42PVe6
