THIS is the moment Amanda Knox broke down in tears after Italy’s highest court upheld her slander conviction in a final twist to the Meredith Kercher murder saga. Knox, who was acquitted in

The 37-year-old was fighting to clear her name after being convicted of falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner of murdering her British roommate in 2007.

ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court on Thursday confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man of murdering her British flatmate 17 years ago in a sensational case that polarized trial watchers on both sides of the Atlantic.