American convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher testified that she had been beaten into admitting she was at crime scene
John Hooper in Rome
Amanda Knox, the American convicted of murdering the British studentMeredith Kercher is due to appear in court again tomorrow, accused of slandering the Italian police by testifying that she had been beaten into admitting she was at the crime scene.
The start of her pre-trial hearing is one of several developments due to revive controversy surrounding a case that appeared to have been settled last December when Knox and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were found guilty of the killing.
Knox's parents, who repeated her claims of police ill-treatment to the media, also face indictment proceedings for the same offence on 6 July.
The 22-year-old University of Washington student's appeal is expected to be heard in the autumn, along with that of Sollecito.
In the meantime, judges will be considering a final appeal by the third person convicted of the killing, Ivory Coast-born Rudy Guede.
