Rome - Amanda Knox will discover on Friday if she is to be definitively convicted of murder as Italy's top court resumes a hearing on the 2007 slaying of British student Meredith Kercher.
The conclusion of what could be the final act of an eight-year courtroom drama was carried over from Wednesday, partly as a result of delays caused by huge media interest in a case centred on a horrific murder with an intriguing cast of photogenic suspects and a string of subplots including sex, drugs and disputed DNA evidence.
After hearing final arguments from the defence, judges will retire to consider whether to uphold the convictions of Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito.