Murdered Meredith Kercher's family condemn Amanda Knox over 'inopportune plans' to revisit Italian town where the British student was killed
- Amanda Knox is to return to Perugia after she spent four years in an Italian jail
- She was jailed for the murder of Meredith Kercher alongside Raffaele Sollecito
- But Italy's supreme court overturned their convictions and they were set free
- Ms Knox, 30, wants to return so she can overcome the trauma of imprisonment
Amanda Knox is planning a return to the Italian city where she was imprisoned a decade ago — a decision which has been criticised by the family of Meredith Kercher.
US citizen Ms Knox, now 30, had her conviction for the 21-year-old's murder thrown out in 2015 after spending four years in a jail.
She is to return to the central Italian city of Perugia in a bid to overcome the trauma of imprisonment.
But the move has been criticised by Meredith Kercher's family's lawyer as 'totally inopportune'.
Amanda Knox is to return to the central Italian city of Pergugia in a bid to overcome the trauma of imprisonment. She is pictured in front of her parents' home in March 2015 after she and Raffaele Sollecito had their convictions overturned
US citizen Ms Knox, now 30 (pictured with her new boyfriend Christopher Robinson) , had her conviction for the 21-year-old's murder thrown out in 2015 after spending four years in a jail
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Ms Knox, then a 20-year-old student (left), was arrested alongside her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (right) after Ms Kercher was found fatally stabbed in her bedroom in 2007
'The only way that I'm going to come full circle is by physically, literally, coming full circle,' Ms Knox told People magazine.
Ms Knox, then a 20-year-old student, was arrested alongside her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito after Ms Kercher's was found fatally stabbed in her bedroom in 2007.
Both were jailed on contested DNA evidence before Italy's supreme court overturned their convictions.
The only person to remain in jail for Ms Kercher's death is Rudy Guede, a drifter from the Ivory Coast.
Ms Knox, who now works as a journalist, is taking Italy to the European Court of Human rights over her treatment by police. She has also written a book about her experience.
But Frencesco Maresca, the Kercher family's lawyer, said Ms Knox is not welcome in Perugia adding Knox is the only person 'to profit' from the 'sad affair'. Pictured left and right is Meredith Kercher
'My family lived in Perugia for years to support me, and they made relationships. I made a relationship with the priest at the prison, and those things still matter to me,' said Ms Knox
'I know that Perugia is probably the least welcome place for me in the entire world. And that's scary, but it also means a lot to me, not to be afraid of a place and see Perugia though my family's eyes,' she added.
'My family lived in Perugia for years to support me, and they made relationships. I made a relationship with the priest at the prison, and those things still matter to me.'
But Frencesco Maresca, the Kercher family's lawyer, said Ms Knox is not welcome in Perugia.
The only person to remain in jail for Ms Kercher's death is Rudy Guede, a drifter from the Ivory Coast
'I believe Amanda Knox's choice to return it totally inopportune because the death of Meredith was very painful for Perugia and people there feel they have never had a satisfactory response from the Italian justice system,' he told The Telegraph.
'That is why Knox should think about her life without continuing to return to this sad affair from which she has been the only one to profit, both in terms of fame and money.'
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