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Video Knox family: Thankful "nightmare" over Court orders Amanda Knox to be freed Amanda Knox makes final plea Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Italian appeal court clears Amanda Knox of murder | 3:00am EDT China warns of trade war if U.S. currency bill passes | 1:00am EDT Apple to showcase new iPhone after 15-month hiatus | 12:08am EDT World stocks tumble on Greek, banking fears | 3:37am EDT 'Arrested Development' Revival Gets Looks From Showtime, Netflix, IFC 03 Oct 2011 Discussed 345 Exclusive: Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks 220 About 400 arrested in Wall Street protest 79 BofA to introduce $5 monthly debit card fee Watched AlphaDog - an old dog with new tricks Mon, Oct 3 2011 iPhone 5: What to expect Mon, Oct 3 2011 Japanese airline, ANA, apologises for plane flip Fri, Sep 30 2011 Italian appeal court clears Amanda Knox of murder Tweet Share this Email Print Related News "Sunny" Meredith, victim, forgotten at Italy trial Mon, Oct 3 2011 Kercher family still cannot forgive her murder Mon, Oct 3 2011 Analysis & Opinion Death sentence for killer of Punjab governor over Pakistan’s blasphemy law World arms deals and tilting at windmills Related Topics U.S. » World » Italy » Related Video Knox leaves prison a free woman Mon, Oct 3 2011 Knox family: Thankful "nightmare" over Italian court frees Knox Amanda Knox cleared of murder charge Kercher family: Meredith "has been forgotten" Amanda Knox makes final plea 1 of 27. Amanda Knox of the U.S. (C) attends a court session announcing the verdict on Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of Italy in the killing of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia October 3, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Pietro Crocchioni/Pool By Deepa Babington PERUGIA, Italy | Tue Oct 4, 2011 3:00am EDT PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend left prison after four years Monday when an Italian appeals court cleared them of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Seattle native Knox and Italian computer student Raffaele Sollecito, had appealed against a 2009 verdict that found them guilty of murdering the 21-year-old Kercher during what prosecutors had said was a drug-fueled sexual assault four years ago. A whoop of joy was heard in the court as the ruling overturning their sentences was read out but Knox herself broke down and was led out sobbing and supported by police officers. "As you could see from the images, Amanda was a nervous wreck who just collapsed. She wasn't able to say anything other than 'thank you' in a flood of tears," one of her lawyers, Maria Del Grosso, told reporters. Speaking to a crowd outside the courtroom, Knox's sister Deanna thanked her legal team and supporters. "We're thankful that Amanda's nightmare is over. She suffered for four years for a crime she did not commit," she said. "We are also thankful to the court for having the courage to look for the truth and to overturn the conviction." The verdict, a severe embarrassment to the Italian justice system, came after independent forensic investigators sharply criticized police scientific evidence in the original investigation, saying it was unreliable. Kercher's half-naked body, with more than 40 wounds and a deep gash in the throat, was found in 2007 in the apartment she shared with Knox in the Umbrian hill town of Perugia where both were studying. Both Knox and Sollecito, 27, consistently had maintained their innocence throughout the original investigation and trial. A third man, Ivorian drug dealer Rudy Guede, was imprisoned for 16 years for his role in the murder. Knox returned briefly to the Perugia jail where she had been held to complete formalities before being driven away to an unknown destination in a black Mercedes with shaded windows. She is expected to return to the United States Tuesday although it was not immediately clear whether she would be returning on a regular flight or on a private plane. Sollecito, who had been held in a separate jail near Perugia, also left custody but his lawyer refused to say where he would be spending his first night of freedom. "It was obvious that he had nothing to do with the death of that poor girl," Sollecito's father, a doctor, said after the verdict which he said had "given me back my son." The court upheld a conviction against Knox for slander, after she had falsely accused barman Patrick Lumumba of the murders. It sentenced her to three years in prison, a sentence which she has now already served. STUNNED The verdict left many questions regarding the murder open and Kercher's family members sat stunned in the court long after the others had left. Meredith's sister Stephanie was in tears. "We respect the decision of the judges but we do not understand how the decision from the first trial could be so radically overturned," the Kerchers said in a statement released through the British embassy. "We still trust the Italian judicial system and hope that the truth will eventually emerge." Knox's lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova said his client would be marked by the case for life and by the memory of her friend Meredith but wanted to get back to normal life. "She's a girl who wants to live, she wants to go home, she wants to go to Seattle, she wants to be with her family and so I think she will spend some time to get over these four years in prison," he said. The appeal trial gripped attention on both sides of the Atlantic, with an outpouring of sympathy and outrage from many in the United States who saw the American as an innocent girl trapped abroad in the clutches of a medieval justice system. Supporters celebrated in Knox's home town of Seattle, shouting in triumph as the verdict was carried live on television. "I'm hugely relieved," said John Lange, who taught Knox's high school drama class at Seattle Preparatory School. "When I knew her she was kind, hard-working and a team player. There was not a mean bone in her body," he said, wiping away tears with a tissue. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. embassy in Rome would continue to assist the Knox family. "The United States appreciates the careful consideration of this matter within the Italian judicial system," she said. A powerful lobbying campaign by her family played a big part in changing perceptions of Knox from the promiscuous "Foxy Knoxy" of early media reports and the cold-blooded, sex-obsessed "she-devil" portrayed by prosecutors. But the verdict was not universally welcomed and outside the court hundreds of people whistled, booed and shouted "Shame, shame" and "bastards" at the courtroom and at U.S. TV crews. QUESTIONS During the appeals trial Knox's plight in jail dominated much of the reporting, leaving Kercher's family feeling that the real victim of the crime had been pushed to one side. "Mez has been almost forgotten in all of this," her sister Stephanie said before the verdict, as the family emphasized that the brutality of the crime must not be forgotten. Kercher, a Leeds University student from Coulsdon in Surrey, was on a year-long exchange program in Perugia when she was murdered, bringing a flood of unwelcome attention to the medieval town in central Italy that her family said she loved. The murder investigation showed she was pinned down and stabbed to death and evidence suggests that Guede did not act alone, although Monday's verdict left it unclear who else might have been involved. Prosecutors had said that Kercher resisted attempts by Knox, Sollecito and Guede to involve her in an orgy. Their case was weakened by forensic experts who dismissed police evidence that traces of DNA belonging to Knox and Kercher were found on a kitchen knife identified as the murder weapon. The experts also said alleged traces of Sollecito's DNA on the Briton's bra clasp may have been contaminated. The defense argued that no clear motive or evidence linking the defendants to the crime had emerged, and said Knox was falsely implicated in the murder by prosecutors determined to convict her regardless of the evidence. (Writing by James Mackenzie, Editing by Michael Roddy) U.S. World Italy 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 (3) lsablake wrote: “The murder investigation showed she was pinned down and stabbed to death and evidence suggests that Guede did not act alone, although Monday’s verdict left it unclear who else might have been involved.” This statement should not be presented as truth. This is merely the prosecution’s conjecture. The undisputed evidence is that Rudy Guede’s DNA all over Meredith’s room, inside of her, and no one else’s DNA is present to such a comparable degree. For you to present this conjecture as truth is both unethical and unfair, as it contradicts what the undisputed forensic evidence shows, and casts doubt over the verdict of the appeals court in relation to the involvement of Raffaele and Amanda. Stop casting insinuations! Oct 03, 2011 9:05pm EDT -- Report as abuse LynCe wrote: Justice Italian-style … the state of forensic evidence in Italy is a scary, murky thing. Life (and maybe conscience) will be the sentence for these creepy young adults. Oct 03, 2011 9:50pm EDT -- Report as abuse Dakotacountry wrote: O.J. Knox better head for home as soon as she can.. She was proababy so high on dope and sex games she didn’t knw whar she was doing. that’s why she confessed first,then when the lawyers got to her she changed her mind.. I agree not enough evidence just like Casey A. Oct 03, 2011 10:00pm EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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