PERUGIA, Italy, March 4 (UPI) -- The case against the U.S. student convicted of killing her British roommate in Italy had no holes or inconsistencies, documents from the trial indicated.
Two judges Thursday released their explanation of the guilty verdict against Amanda Knox for the 2007 death of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
In the 427-page document, Perugia Court President Giancarlo Massei and Judge Beatrice Cristiani said evidence against Knox, 27, and her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, was "without holes or inconsistencies."
Knox, of Seattle, was sentenced to 26 years in jail and Sollecito drew a 25-year sentence. Both deny any wrongdoing and are appealing their convictions reached in December.
The murder, which the prosecution successfully argued resulted from drunken sex gone awry, wasn't planned, and Knox and Sollecito harbored no ill-will toward Kercher, the judges said.
"It was a murder without planning, without any animosity or grudge against the victim," the judges said, explaining it resulted from "purely casual contingencies."
Two appeals are allowed under Italian law, ANSA said. Knox and Sollecito's first appeal is expected to begin during the summer.
A third person, Ivory Coast native Rudy Guede, was convicted separately on charges of rape and murder in the incident. His original sentence of 30 years was commuted to 16 years by an appeals court in Perugia. He is also appealing.
