New reports are saying that Amanda Knox, who has been convicted for killing British student Meredith Kercher, could be extradited back to Italy to face her punishment. She and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, has been convicted for the murder, with her being sentenced to 28 years in prison. Both have yet to serve their prison sentences, as it has made known that their convictions are not regarded as definite until they have exhausted the appeals process. Daily Mail said both have served four years until their release on appeal back in 2011.
According to reports, Knox had sexual relations with a man she had met on a train and later became her drug dealer. The Telegraph mentioned an article published in Italian magazine Giallo, which claimed that police are aware of Knox's sexual relations with the man referred to as "F." "F," who is a psychology student from Rome, was found to have his number stored on Knox's mobile phone, and that the two had never lost contact before and after Kercher's murder. The police had then investigated the man, of whom they learned to have been tried for cocaine dealing in the sleepy town of Perugia.
When asked about the drug dealer's links to Knox, Giuliano Mignini, the Italian prosecutor who has been handling the Kercher investigation, disclosed to the Telegraph on Wednesday that the news is considered irrelevant to the outcome of Knox's case. He said, "The Perugia flying squad did note contacts between Knox and a man linked to dealing. What may have emerged later concerning friends of his would have come out at a different trial."
Meanwhile, a legal source of the British paper said that the drug dealer link will not be seen as an effective tool to bring Knox back from the US. The source said, "Buying drugs would not be sufficient grounds to extradite someone."
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