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Court clears Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of murder

Italy's highest court has overturned the murder conviction of Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and ordered them to be acquitted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

Ms Kercher, a 21-year-old from Coulsdon, Surrey, was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her bedroom in 2007 while studying in Perugia, Italy.

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Amanda Knox says she is 'grateful to have her life back'

Amanda Knox has spoken to the media outside her mother's home in Seattle following her acquittal for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

Knox said she was "full of joy" and "grateful to have her life back".

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