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Knox TV movie takes on Italy roommate slaying
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NEW YORK (AFP) - – A made-for-TV movie told the story of Amanda Knox, a US college student convicted of killing her British roommate in Italy, despite objections from the families of both Knox and the victim.
"Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" leaves it to the viewer to decide her ultimate guilt and includes doubts cast on the DNA testing that convicted her, which are at the heart of an appeal lodged by her lawyers.
Knox was sentenced in December 2009 to 26 years in prison for the murder of Meredith Kercher in a drug-fuelled sex game that turned violent. She has repeatedly protested her innocence.
She is currently appealing the sentence, claiming that key forensic evidence used to convict her is unreliable and should be rejected. The next hearing is scheduled for March 12.
Kercher was found on November 2, 2007 -- semi-nude in a pool of blood with her throat slashed -- in the cottage she shared with Knox.
Knox's then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and a man from Ivory Coast, Rudy Guede, were also convicted of the murder.
In the movie, aired on the Lifetime network, Knox is portrayed by Hayden Panettiere of the hit US series "Heroes," who stars alongside Paolo Romio as Sollecito in a dramatic rendering that is closely based on court records.
The producers edited out some of the more graphic parts of the killing scene after the outrage set off by the film's trailer, but the families on both sides continued to object to it.
"The movie is ill-timed, since Amanda's appeal is under way," David Marriott, a spokesman for the Knox family, said.
Francesco Maresca, who represents Kercher's family, also objected to the film.
"To have a film so soon, on such a violent death and with the memory of this tragedy so fresh in the family's mind, seems totally inappropriate and unjustified," he was quoted as saying in the British Telegraph.
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