ROME (AP) — Amanda Knox has a final shot at clearing her name of the last vestige of criminal wrongdoing when Italy’s highest court on Thursday hears her appeal of a slander conviction for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in the 2007 murder of her British flatmate.
But the innocent man she accused, Patrick Lumbumba, told reporters outside Italy’s Cassation Court that he hopes the conviction stands and “stays with her for the rest of her life.”
Both sides presented their cases during a two-hour hearing, with the high court set to begin deliberations later Thursday, but it was unclear when a verdict would be announced.
The ruling should bring
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