Knox judge: I suffered over guilty verdict


Associated Press

ROME

The judge who presided over Amanda Knox’s second murder conviction says he suffered over the verdict, but that he and the jury reached agreement that she was guilty in the death of British student Meredith Kercher.

Judge Alessandro Nencini also suggested in an interview with Corriere della Sera published Saturday that the decision of Knox’s ex-boyfriend and co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, not to testify may have worked against him.

“It’s the defendant’s right, but it certainly deprived the process of a voice,” Nencini was quoted as saying. “He limited himself to spontaneous declarations. He said only what he wanted to say without letting himself be cross-examined.” Knox did not appear at the trial, but sent a letter to the court saying she feared wrongful conviction.

The case has been international news since Kercher was found in a pool of blood with her throat slit Nov. 2, 2007, in the apartment Knox and Kercher shared in the university town of Perugia.

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