60 m. ago Amanda Knox moans 'incredible fling' with Italian lover was 'cut short' by Meredith Kercher murder

In a new interview, the American gushed about her relationship with Raffaele Sollecito, who she was seeing at the time the couple were accused of killing the British exchange student

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29 h. ago Amanda Knox reveals how she survived four years in an Italian prison on murder charges

More than a decade has passed since Amanda Knox was freed from prison after serving time for the murder of her 21-year-old roommate Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Italy. But what happened next? Knox’s new memoir Free: My Search for Meaning reveals the difficulty of reintegrating back into society. Ahead of the book’s release on March 25, Andrea Cavallier takes a look back at the high-profile case.

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29 h. ago Fears British pensioner held by the Taliban along with his wife could die before he is released as family issues health update

The daughter of an elderly British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan for unclear reasons says that she worried her parents could die in jail as their health deteriorates. 

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45 h. ago Fears for health of British couple held by Taliban as ‘trial delayed’

Afghanistan prison conditions were described as ‘brutal’ and likened to ‘what I imagine hell is like’

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50 h. ago Amanda Knox says Meredith Kercher is 'like a ghost on my shoulder'

Knox, now 37, wrongly spent four years in jail for the murder of Brit Meredith in Italy before being cleared, and says she is still haunted by what happened

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50 h. ago Amanda Knox says Meredith Kercher haunts her 'as a ghost on my shoulder'

Knox, now 37, wrongly spent four years in jail for the murder of Brit Meredith in Italy before being cleared, and says she is still haunted by what happened

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52 h. ago Fears for British couple in 70s held by Taliban as court appearance delayed

Daughter says Barbie Reynolds, 75, is malnourished after being given one meal a day and Peter, 79, is also decliningThe family of a British couple in their 70s imprisoned by the Taliban has expressed serious concerns over their deteriorating health after delays to their expected court appearance.Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who run a training business in Afghanistan, were detained last month when they travelled to their home in Bamiyan province. The couple, aged 79 and 75, who have been running projects in schools in Afghanistan for 18 years, had not been informed of the charges, their daughter said. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Amanda Knox 'stripped and groped in jail' before Meredith Kercher murder conviction

Amanda Knox was arrested over the the killing of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, and claims that she was groped in jail by guards and had to strip for a male doctor

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61 h. ago Amanda Knox says she was 'groped' by a prison guard and forced to strip naked while she was held over British student Meredith Kercher's murder 

Amanda Knox claims she was groped by a prison guard while locked up over the killing of British student Meredith Kercher.

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69 h. ago Amanda Knox reveals why she has befriended the prosecutor who wrongly convicted her of murdering Meredith Kercher

Amanda Knox has opened up about the reason for her unlikely friendship with prosecutor Giuliano Mignini, the Italian lawyer who convicted her of murdering Meredith Kercher in 2007.

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3 d. ago ‘It’s a new kind of prison’: Amanda Knox on redemption, rage – and her unlikely friendship with the prosecutor who hounded her

Ten years ago she was finally cleared of the brutal murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher in Perugia. But is Knox really free?• ‘I call us the Sisterhood of Ill Repute’: read an exclusive extract from her new memoirAmanda Knox says she is one of the lucky ones. She and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito had their convictions for the murder of Meredith Kercher overturned for the second and final time in 2015. She now presents a successful podcast called Labyrinths, is a TV producer and bestselling author, does standup comedy and campaigns against miscarriages of justice. She is married to Christopher Robinson, a writer, whom she adores, and they have two gorgeous toddlers. Life could not be much better or fuller. Her new book is called Free. But it could just as easily be called Still Not Free.Knox’s search for freedom has led her down surprising paths. Most surprising was her decision to write to and then befriend Giuliano Mignini, the conspiracy-theorist prosecutor who crea...

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5 d. ago BA cabin crew member held in brutal Singapore jail after allegedly raping colleague

A British Airways steward is currently being held in a Singaporean prison after being accused of rape after a boozy night out between flights as BA execs race to the liaise with local police

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7 d. ago Children of British couple held by Taliban denounce their ‘cruel and unjust’ detention amid health fears

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have worked in Afghanistan for 18 years

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8 d. ago Border Force guard who broke his ankle rescuing asylum seekers from small boats in the Channel wins £80,000 taxpayer payout after winning battle against Home Office

Alan Quartermain, 66, had been working since 2am and had just participated in his third rescue of the day when he was injured getting back onto his boat on the afternoon of June 3, 2021.

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9 d. ago Fears for life of British pensioner held by Taliban in ‘undisclosed location’

He has a chest and eye infection and needs medication, daughter pleads

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1 week ago Chris Sutton was locked up in jail hours before completing record

Chris Sutton was once held the British record transfer fee when he Blackburn Rovers from Norwich, but the night before the move the England international was banged up by police

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1 week ago British tourist held in Thailand after allegedly trying to smuggle 38kg of cannabis on plane to London

Daniel-James Hallett could face up to ten years in prison if convicted after police said they discovered 38 kilos of cannabis in his bags

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1 week ago US visa warning after British tourist held in immigration centre for 12 days

Rebecca Burke was ‘classified as an illegal alien’ for allegedly violating her tourist visa

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2 w. ago Home nations to make joint bid to host 2035 Women's World Cup

The competition has never been held on British soil

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2 w. ago British soldier, 22, sentenced to 19 years in Russian jail for fighting with Ukraine

The 22-year-old British national has been held in Russian captivity since November

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