Amanda Knox, the American exchange student accused of ******* her British flatmate in Italy for refusing to play a sex game, is today expected to take to the witness stand at her trial.
Meredith Kercher, 21, from Coulsden, Surrey, who was studying at Perugia's University for Foreigners, was found in November 2007 in a pool of *****.
Prosecutors allege she was ****** during what began as a sex game, with Knox, 21, touching her with the point of a ***** while Knox's Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, 25, held her by the shoulders.
Prosecutors have alleged that a third person, the Ivory Coast national RudyHermann Guede, tried to sexually assault Kercher and then Knox fatally stabbed her in the throat. Guede was convicted of the ****** in a separate trial last year and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
"She's a bit nervous about going on to the stand, but she's also quite confident in what she has to say and that the truth will come out during her testimony," Knox's ******, Kurt, told CBS's Early Show in the US.
"She is going to be telling the truth and answering all of the questions, and hopefully the court will see that and see that she had nothing to do with this and that she's 100% innocent."
