Kercher case: Knox to fight 'wrongful' allegations

US student Amanda Knox has said she will fight to clear her name after an Italian court overturned her acquittal for killing Briton Meredith Kercher.

Miss Knox and former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito face a new trial over the 2007 killing in Perugia.

They were freed on appeal in 2011 after four years in jail, but Italy's Supreme Court on Tuesday re-opened the case.

Miss Knox does not have to return from the US for the case, but if found guilty she could face extradition.

Mr Sollecito, 29, will not have to return to jail while the new appeals process goes ahead.

Both deny killing UK student Meredith Kercher, 21, who was found stabbed to death in the flat she shared with Miss Knox in Perugia in November 2007.

The case has drawn intense media interest in Italy, the UK and the US and put the Italian police and justice system under great scrutiny.

In a statement, Miss Knox, now a 25-year-old student in Seattle, described the court decision to reopen the case as "painful news".

"The prosecution's theory of my involvement in Meredith's murder has been repeatedly revealed to be completely unfounded and unfair," she said.

"No matter what happens, my family and I will face this continuing legal battle as we always have, confident in the truth and with our heads held high in the face of wrongful accusations and unreasonable adversity," she added.

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