The bizarre case of Amanda Knox

THIS 27-minute doco explores how the world was drawn to the US student accused of the brutal murder of her flatmate in Italy.

(FILES) - A file picture shows Amanda Knox (R), US national accused of the 2007 murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher arriving at the court during the resumption of her appeal trial in Perugia on September 30, 2011. Italy's highest court of appeal overturned the acquittal of US student Amanda Knox on and ordered a retrial over the murder of her British housemate, according to media reports on March 27, 2013. Knox and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito -- originally sentenced to 26 and 25 years in prison for killing and sexually assaulting Meredith Kercher in 2007 -- were acquitted on appeal in 2011 after four years in prison. Both now face a retrial. AFP PHOTO/TIZIANA FABI

AMANDA Knox had been studying in Perugia, Italy, for only a few weeks when her housemate, British student Meredith Kercher, was murdered.

The beautiful 20-year-old American was acused of persuading Raffaele Sollecito — an Italian man she had been dating for one week — to join her in high jinks that lead to the murder of Kercher.

Knox claims she was at Sollecito’s flat on the night of the murder - and returned in the morning to find strange signs throughout the house.

The Amanda Knox trial grabbed global headlines and polarised trial-watchers.

Kercher’s body was lying on the floor, covered by a blood-soaked dooner with knife wounds around her neck.

The Italian media portrayed Knox as a sexual demon lacking emotions.

She was repeatedly questioned for four days after the murder, with no lawyer present and with only a very basic grasp of Italian.

Knox claims she was abused and manipulated by the police. She became a cause célèbre in the United States, where many saw her as an innocent victim of a miscarriage of justice and sloppy investigative methods.

During her trial, Knox became the subject of intense media coverage due to her attractive appearance, apparent lack of emotion and the alleged sexual nature of her crimes. She was dubbed Foxy Knoxy.