Trial of US student accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy resumes

Murder trial of US student resumes in Italy

PERUGIA, Italy — The trial of an American student accused of killing her British roommate in Italy has resumed, and a forensic expert will be taking the stand for the defense.

Amanda Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito were both in court Monday as their trial resumed after a nearly two-month summer break. Knox was wearing a red Beatles sweat shirt.

The expert is expected to challenge some of the evidence collected at the crime scene.

Knox and Sollecito, her former boyfriend, are charged with murder in the 2007 slaying of Meredith Kercher, with whom Knox shared a rented flat in the Italian city of Perugia.

Both deny wrongdoing.

Prosecutors allege that Kercher was killed during what began as a sex game.