Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Home at last: After four years in an Italian prison, Amanda Knox lands in Seattle to start her life as a free woman




Amanda Knox arrived in her home city of Seattle a free woman this evening after serving four gruelling years in an Italian jail for the murder of English student Meredith Kercher.

After dramatically being cleared of the murder in court yesterday, Knox touched down at Seattle-Tacoma airport to rapturous applause at just after 5pm local time.

Looking shaky and exhausted, Knox made an emotional thank you speech from the airport, addressing all those who stood by her since her murder conviction and saying: 'Thank you for being there for me'.

Summoning the courage to speak after her flight touched down, she said: 'I’m really overwhelmed right now. I was looking down from the aeroplane, I felt like it wasn’t real.

'Thank you for everyone who has believed in me, who has defended me, who has
supported my family.

'I just want – my family’s the most important thing to me...
Thank you for being there for me.'

Her appearance was met with loud applause from those who had waited all day
at the airport to see her.

Earlier she held her mother's hand and cried as she appeared for the first time on home soil since her trial at a press conference at the airport.

She and her family will now head home for a huge celebration, with a party believed to have been organised because she never properly got to celebrate her 21st birthday.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045352/Amanda-Knox-Lands-Seattle-start-life-free-woman.html#ixzz1ZsvnFAvM

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