A Question and Answer session in a London cinema has seen Amanda Knox speak to members of the public on murder of Meredith Kercher as she promotes her documentary
Amanda Knox has told how she is ‘haunted’ by the death of Meredith Kercher as she took part in a Q&A session this evening.
The American, twice convicted and twice acquitted of killing Meredith, was promoting her documentary Mouth of the Wolf. She addressed members of the public at the Greenwich Picturehouse cinema in south East London.
Asked how Meredith’s death had affected her, she said: “I was haunted by it. I didn’t understand why it happened to me. I had gone to Italy to study abroad a make friends
“My whole life collapsed on itself and I was in survival mode. It was Bourne Identity style.”
Mouth of the Wolf follows Amanda as she returns to Perugia, the Italian city where Meredith was murdered in 2007. It also features some original songs, sung by Amanda herself.
But critics have slammed the mother of two, accusing her of continually trying to ‘cash in’ on Meredith’s murder following her acquittal.
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The Kercher family’s lawyer Francesco Maresca said Amanda was turning her wrongful conviction into a money spinner. “It seems to me and the family that every six months or so Knox makes another media initiative be it a podcast, interview, documentary or film,” Mr Maresca said.
“To be frank, enough is enough, they have really had more than is reasonable of it now, they and myself just don’t comprehend why she keeps on doing things like this and just can’t leave this alone.”
At the start of the event, Amanda, who was introduced as ‘a mother, a writer and a thinker’, told the audience: “The truth about what happened to my roommate has been lost.”
Amanda had previously taken to social media to share her excitement about her visit to London. “I’ve never been to the UK, but I’m finally going,” she said.
“It feels great knowing that the two documentary screenings I’m hosting are already sold out! I’ll be releasing some reserved seats soon to make a few more tickets available! Please join the waitlist! And thank you, London!”
The documentary, directed by her husband Christopher Robinson, captures her return to the scene where Meredith was murdered. It also features original songs sung by Knox, for which she has produced videos.
The mother-of-two, 38, has transformed her wrongful conviction into a lucrative career, spanning books, podcasts, film and comedy. She is attending free screenings at the Greenwich Picturehouse cinema.
To her supporters, Knox is a wronged woman who spent four years in an Italian prison for a crime she did not commit. But to her critics, she is seen as someone who has monetised Meredith’s death.
Since her final acquittal by Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation in 2015, Knox has rarely been out of the public eye. Meredith was a popular student studying at the University of Leeds when she took up an exchange place in Perugia, Italy.
In September 2007, she moved into a flat with two Italian women and Knox, then a 20-year-old from Seattle attending the University for Foreigners.
On the night of November 1, 2007, Meredith was murdered in her bedroom. Her body was found on the floor, covered by a blood-soaked duvet. She had been sexually assaulted and stabbed in the neck.
While Italian police examined the murder scene, Knox was photographed kissing her boyfriend of one week, Raffaele Sollecito, outside the flat. The images caused widespread revulsion. Knox later said she had been in shock.
The couple were taken in for questioning within days of the murder. Knox later said she was interrogated without a lawyer or a qualified interpreter present and was bullied and physically struck by police.
During that interrogation, she made a statement implicating Patrick Lumumba, the Congolese owner of the bar where she worked, in the murder.
Lumumba was arrested and held for two weeks before being released. In 2009, Knox was convicted of Meredith’s murder and sentenced to 26 years in prison. Sollecito received 25 years.
A third defendant, Rudy Guede, whose DNA and bloody footprints were found throughout the crime scene, was tried separately on a fast-track procedure and convicted of sexual assault and murder.
