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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Knox killed her roommate for no reason: prosecutor | 8:42am EDT CIA drone kills U.S.-born al Qaeda cleric in Yemen 11:08am EDT Bank of America to charge debit card use fee 29 Sep 2011 Insight: America's rich losing tussle with taxman 10:22am EDT Wall Street drops, worried about a global slowdown | 10:36am EDT Discussed 63 Herman Cain wins Florida Republican straw poll 63 Business group appeals health law to Supreme Court 52 Americans get too much healthcare, their docs say Watched Rihanna's "inappropriate" outfit halts music video Tue, Sep 27 2011 Italy's Mount Etna erupts Thu, Sep 29 2011 China's "Heavenly Palace" space craft blasts off Thu, Sep 29 2011 Knox killed her roommate for no reason: prosecutor Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend "very scared," father says 6:39am EDT Analysis & Opinion Reserved for Press Who stands for the public in Murdoch vs the government? Related Topics World » Related Video Knox appeal in final stages 6:35am EDT Knox appeals guilty verdict Amanda Knox, the U.S. student convicted of murdering her British flatmate Meredith Kercher in Italy in November 2007, attends at the court during her appeal trial session in Perugia September 30, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi By Deepa Babington PERUGIA, Italy | Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:42am EDT PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - Amanda Knox killed her British roommate "for no reason" and the American student and her former boyfriend should face the maximum penalty for their crime, her appeals trial was told on Friday. Prosecutors urged the court to uphold Knox's sentence for murder and said the 24-year-old would flee Italy if freed. Knox, jailed for 26 years, and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are fighting their convictions for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher in 2007. A verdict is due on Monday. Knox and Sollecito should be kept behind bars for life, prosecutors said, and they reminded the jury of the gruesome nature of the crime. Kercher's body was found with more than 40 wounds and her throat slit. "They were young but they killed for no reason," said prosecutor Manuela Comodi. "They killed for no reason and for this they should be given the maximum sentence, which luckily in Italy is not the death sentence." If the guilty verdicts are overturned, both would be freed immediately. Speculation has been rife that Knox would be whisked home to the United States, where the death penalty exists, if she is freed from the Umbrian prison where she has been held for nearly four years. Any subsequent appeal by prosecutors or any re-trial might therefore take place in Knox's absence. "We know that if the verdict is overturned, there will be an immediate escape overseas," prosecutor Giuliano Mignini told the court in rebuttals after closing arguments. "As a result, even if this is the second of a three-step legal process in Italy, it is up to you to ensure justice." Kercher's mother and sister are expected to attend Monday's court session when the verdict is announced. They have kept a low profile since the murder, in stark contrast to the Knox family which has waged a tireless media campaign to free her. Kercher was on a year-long exchange program in Perugia, a cobble-stoned town popular with foreigners studying Italian, when she was murdered. Her family's lawyer, Francesco Maresca, has described her as sunny young woman "full of life" who was killed during a brutal assault during which the 21-year-old was held down by her assailants. Knox and Sollecito, who was jailed for 25 years, deny any role in the murder and say they spent the night of the crime in the Italian's apartment watching a movie, smoking pot and having sex. Sollecito's father said his son was "very scared. But he is hopeful of the right verdict." "I am hopeful that the court has heard well the arguments presented in the appeals trial and has realized that there isn't any evidence against my son and Amanda," Francesco Sollecito told Reuters. Rudy Guede, an Ivorian drifter with a criminal record, is also serving time for taking part in Kercher's murder. He has also maintained his innocence. (Reporting by Deepa Babington; Editing by Robert Woodward) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (4) KaizerSoze wrote: It is physically impossible to do a murder like that and leave absolutely no significant trace of your presence. Aside from the evidence of Amanda’s presence one would expect from the fact that she lived in the house, there is nothing placing her at the crime scene except the prosecutor’s imagination. Sep 30, 2011 9:33am EDT -- Report as abuse artiefischel wrote: 24 years old, but “jailed for 26 years”? That’s deterrence! I also like “Prosecutors urged the court to uphold Knox’s sentence for murder and said the 24-year-old would flee Italy if freed.” Uh…yeah! It’s not a bail hearing! That’s what “free” means! Sep 30, 2011 9:39am EDT -- Report as abuse Rfairb wrote: How you can make an absurd American Chauvinistic cause out of a murder case is beyond my comprehension. 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