Amanda Knox vows to fight ‘unfair’ rejection of slander appeal

American says she is sad but determined' after Italian court upholds her conviction

Amanda Knox has said an Italian court's decision to uphold her slander conviction for wrongly accusing a bar owner of murdering the British student Meredith Kercher was unfair and incorrect" and vowed to continue her fight against this injustice".

Knox, 36, left through a back exit of a Florence appeals court on Wednesday and cancelled a planned press conference after judges rejected her appeal to have the conviction dropped.