The European Court of Human
Rights on Tuesday accepted an appeal against Italy presented by
Amanda Knox, the American woman acquitted by the Cassation Court
of having a part in the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia.
In the appeal, Knox says she was subjected to an unfair
trial and was maltreated during questioning.
The court judged Knox's dossier to be valid and told the
Italian government of its decision so that it can defend itself.
In March 2015 the supreme Cassation Court of appeals
acquitted Knox and Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito
in Kercher's 2007 murder, saying that evidence didn't physically
link the pair to the scene of the crime.
It was the end of an eight-year judicial ordeal for Knox
who was first found guilty, then acquitted and finally cleared
after a retrial.
Knox's appeal to Strasbourg regards the run-up to her first
trial.
In it, she claims she was not given access to a lawyer who
spoke English and was rapped on the head during questioning on
November 6, 2007, four days after Kercher's murder - allegedly
constituting inhumane and degrading treatment.
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