An Italian jury tonight found 22-year-old American Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito guilty of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in a drunken sex game two years ago.
Ms Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon in southeast England, was found semi-naked with her throat cut in the bedroom of her apartment in Perugia, where she was doing a year of overseas study.
DNA was found on her body from an Ivorian drifter with a prior criminal record, Rudy Guede, who was convicted in October 2008 and sentenced to 30 years in prison for her murder.
Guede, arrested on the run in Germany, is appealing the verdict. He has acknowledged being in the house at the time of the killing and having sex with Ms Kercher, but pointed the finger at Mr Sollecito and Ms Knox, whom he said he heard arguing with the Briton, followed by a scream.
Reuters