Judges release report on Amanda Knox conviction

The judges who convicted Amanda Knox of murdering her British room-mate in Italy said yesterday the American student and her co-defendant in the case acted without any planning or resentment against their victim.

The judges said Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito showed a "sort of repentance" when they covered the naked body of student Meredith Kercher, from Coulsdon, Surrey, after the 2007 murder. But the judges also say there were no holes or inconsistencies in the prosecution's case against the two. The judges yesterday released the reasons behind the December guilty verdict in Perugia in a 427-page document.

They said their reasons were based on forensic evidence. The Seattle woman was sentenced to 26 years in jail, while Sollecito received a 25-year sentence. Both have insisted they are innocent.