(26 Sep 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Amanda Knox, American student who is seeking to overturn her murder conviction in Italy, entering courtroom
2. Amanda''s father, Curt Knox (left), and stepfather, Chris Mellas
3. Close of Amanda Knox talking to lawyer''s assistant
4. Courtroom and cell bars
5. Amanda Knox inside courtroom
6. Media inside courtroom trying to take photos of Amanda Knox, policemen covering her
7. Francesco Maresca, lawyer of the family of murdered student Meredith Kercher, arriving to courtroom
8. Zoom out from Maresca
9. Screen showing mobile phones
10. Amanda''s lawyer and father shaking hands
11. Policemen inside courtroom
12. Prosecute Giuliano Mignini (middle)
13. Close of newspaper on display, reading (Italian) "Amanda from the prison: I am thinking about my return to Seattle"
14. Exterior of courthouse
STORYLINE
The appeals case to uphold the murder conviction of American student Amanda Knox in the 2007 slaying of her roommate continued on Monday with a lawyer representing the family of the murdered student, presented his closing arguments.
Knox was convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering Meredith Kercher, her British roommate in Perugia, and sentenced to 26 years in prison.
Knox, along with her boyfriend at the time of the murder, Raffaele Sollecito of Italy, who was convicted of the same charges and sentenced to 25 years, have denied wrongdoing and have appealed their convictions, issued by a lower court in 2009.
A verdict is expected in early October, capping an appeals trial that began almost a year ago.
The 24-year-old Knox has visibly lost weight and appears worn out by four years behind bars and her lawyers and family have described her as increasingly anxious as she awaits a verdict.
Later in the week, defence teams will sum up their case and Knox herself is expected to address the court in a final plea.
Kercher, 21, was stabbed to death on Nov. 1, 2007.
Her body, lying in a pool of blood, her throat slit, was found the following day in the apartment she shared with Knox.
Prosecutors maintain Kercher died in what had begun as a drug-fuelled sexual assault.
They have asked the appeals court to stiffen Knox''s and Sollecito''s penalties and sentence them to life in prison.
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