Amanda Knox cries as she returns to court for slander case linked to murder of Brit student Meredith Kercher

AMANDA Knox was seen in tears as she returns to court to overturn a conviction for slander related to the 2007 killing of a British student.

The American activist spent nearly four years behind bars in Italy after she was wrongfully convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher.

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Amanda Knox cries as she arrives at the Florence courtroom on Wednesday[/caption]

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Amanda Knox arrives with her husband Christopher Robinson at the courthouse[/caption]

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