Kercher family lawyer 'astounded' at Knox telling her story in stand-up show

The Italian lawyer representing the family of Meredith Kercher, the 21-year-old British exchange student murdered in the central city of Perugia in 2007, expressed shock on Monday at the news that Amanda Knox is telling her story in a stand-up comedy show she will perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Knox, who was Kercher's flat-mate, and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito,were initially convicted of the murder and spent several years in Italian jails but later cleared by the high court after the convictions were found to be unsafe. Kercher family lawyer Francesco Maresca said the show was "a deplorable offence to Meredith's memory", adding that he had lost all hope of Knox being able to understand the effect on the victim's family. , Knox, 39, reported said Kercher would have en