Italian court again convicts Knox, Sollecito for murder

File picture of Amanda Knox, a US national accused of the 2007 murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher as she arrives at the court during the resumption of her appeal trial in Perugia. --PHOTO: AFP
File picture of Amanda Knox, a US national accused of the 2007 murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher as she arrives at the court during the resumption of her appeal trial in Perugia. --PHOTO: AFP
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    Jan 31, 2014, 5:06 am SGT

FLORENCE (AFP) - An Italian court on Thursday convicted American Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for a second time for the murder of a British student in Perugia in 2007.

The court sentenced Knox to 28 years and six months in prison and Sollecito to 25 years.