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\n 24 March 2011<\/span>
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Jailed US student Amanda Knox has called a film dramatising the murder of her British roommate “an invasion of my life”.<\/p>\n

Knox, 23, is serving a 26-year sentence for the killing of Meredith Kercher, 21, from Surrey.<\/p>\n

The film has been aired on the US-based Lifetime TV channel, but Knox is trying to prevent its wider circulation.<\/p>\n

Her lawyers say it could harm her appeal against conviction for Miss Kercher’s murder in 2007 in Italy.<\/p>\n

Miss Kercher’s father, John, has called the film – entitled Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy – “horrific and distressing.” <\/p>\n

It recreates his daughter’s death as well as moments from the ensuing trial of Knox and Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, who were accused of killing her during a “sex game”.<\/p>\n

‘Upset’ <\/span><\/p>\n

In a civil hearing on Thursday, held behind closed doors, Knox’s lawyer, Carlo Dalla Vedova, said the film had already aired on the television channel despite his attempts to prevent it.<\/p>\n

He said it was also available on Lifetime’s website, and on video streaming sites.<\/p>\n

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It is today causing real damage to Amanda\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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According to Mr Vedova, Knox told the court: “I’m upset over this invasion of my life, and for the speculation at my expense.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Knox and Sollecito were granted a full review of the contested DNA evidence used to convict them – in particular a 30cm (12in) kitchen knife found in the kitchen of Sollecito’s flat. <\/p>\n

Mr Vedova argued that the appeal could be jeopardised if the film was widely circulated. <\/p>\n

“Before, it was a threat of damage. Today there is ongoing damage,” he said afterwards.<\/p>\n

“It is today causing real damage to Amanda, to the Italian justice system and to her privacy.”<\/p>\n

He added that Lifetime had been summoned to appear in court at a later date. <\/p>\n

Les Eisner, a spokesman for the channel’s parent company, A&E Television Networks, said the network had no comment. <\/p>\n

Miss Kercher, a Leeds University student from Coulsden, Surrey, was murdered when she was living in Perugia in 2007 as part of a year of study abroad.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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