Post by Admin on Sept 17, 2013 21:32:39 GMT
Amanda Knox has said that she will not return to Italy because she is scared of prison and doesn't have enough money. The comments, which were made to a British newspaper on Sunday, come as the court date for her retrial looms.
In an interview with Britain's The Sun newspaper on Sunday, Amanda Knox explained why she did not want to return to Italy to face retrial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, which is scheduled for September 30th.
"If it were possible to go to the court and not have to deal with the issues of being afraid of being thrown back in prison again for an arbitrary reason, or for being able to financially afford it, absolutely I would want to be there," the 26-year-old told the tabloid newspaper.
In the interview she also complained about her misrepresentation in the media as “the dark lady who decided Meredith had to die”. "The fact is that my presence has always been a distraction in the courtroom. Every single movement I made, every gesture, every facial expression, was the focus of scrutiny and distracted from the evidence in the case,” she said.
The 26-year-old who spent more than three and a half years behind bars before acquitted by an Italian appeals court of murder says she continues to suffer panic attacks and nightmares in the days after. "I was continuing to have panic attacks and nightmares, and I was continuing to think that strangers on the street were prisoners that I had known," she recently told ABC News. "I had panic attacks and just broke down. And I couldn't breathe," she described of her first episodes while jailed for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher.
In an interview with Britain's The Sun newspaper on Sunday, Amanda Knox explained why she did not want to return to Italy to face retrial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, which is scheduled for September 30th.
"If it were possible to go to the court and not have to deal with the issues of being afraid of being thrown back in prison again for an arbitrary reason, or for being able to financially afford it, absolutely I would want to be there," the 26-year-old told the tabloid newspaper.
In the interview she also complained about her misrepresentation in the media as “the dark lady who decided Meredith had to die”. "The fact is that my presence has always been a distraction in the courtroom. Every single movement I made, every gesture, every facial expression, was the focus of scrutiny and distracted from the evidence in the case,” she said.
The 26-year-old who spent more than three and a half years behind bars before acquitted by an Italian appeals court of murder says she continues to suffer panic attacks and nightmares in the days after. "I was continuing to have panic attacks and nightmares, and I was continuing to think that strangers on the street were prisoners that I had known," she recently told ABC News. "I had panic attacks and just broke down. And I couldn't breathe," she described of her first episodes while jailed for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher.