Meredith Kercher | featured news

Amanda Knox gestures at a news conference in Seattle Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, after returning home from Italy. Knox was freed Monday after an Italian appeals court threw out her murder conviction for the death of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox is set to fly home to the US after she and Raffaele Sollecito were cleared by an Italian court of murdering student Meredith Kercher.

American Amanda Knox arrived in court Saturday as an appeal against her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher resumed in Italy.

Jurors believed American Amanda Knox played a role in the slaying of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, but they thought the death came about without any premeditation or animosity, according to a report released Thursday.

Women police officers investigating the murder of British student Meredith Kercher "had it in" for suspect Amanda Knox because of a sex toy, a court has heard, Sky News reported.