Meredith Kercher: bloodied footprint did not belong to Amanda Knox's boyfriend

Sep. 18, 2009
A bloody footprint found in the house where British student Meredith Kercher was murdered does not fit the Italian man accused of her killing her a forensic expert has told a court.
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