PERUGIA, Italy, March 7 (UPI) -- New testimony has surfaced indicating U.S. student Amanda Knox, convicted of murder in Perugia, Italy, was not present when the killing occurred, lawyers say.
The new testimony is linked to Rudy Guede, 23, an Ivory Coast native convicted earlier of taking part in the murder of Knox's roommate, British exchange student Meredith Kercher, 21, ABC News reports.
Knox, 22, of Seattle and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 25, were convicted in December of sexually assaulting, then killing Kercher by slashing her throat. Guede was sentenced to 30 years in prison, reduced on appeal to 14; Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison; Sollecito received 25 years.
Sollecito's lawyers filed a videotape from Mario Alessi, a convicted child-murderer, who said fellow convict Guede told him that Knox and Sollecito were not present when Kercher was killed, ABC reported.
Guede told an appeals court he heard Knox arguing with Kercher shortly before she was killed, the report said.
Alessi is serving a life sentence for kidnapping and killing a 2-year-old boy, but has appealed.
