In tears, Knox makes final plea to overturn murder conviction

China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-04 07:53

Amanda Knox, the US student convicted of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, arrives in court for her appeal trial in Perugia on Monday. In a tearful final statement at the hearing, she told judges: 'I'm not what they say I am.' Reuters / Giorgio Benvenuti

PERUGIA, Italy - American student Amanda Knox made a tearful plea on Monday to be acquitted of murdering her British roommate during a brutal erotic game, saying she was paying with her life for a crime she did not commit.