Europe Court Orders Italy to Pay Damages to Amanda Knox

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MILAN—Europe’s human rights court on Jan. 24, ordered Italy to pay Amanda Knox financial damages for police failure to provide legal assistance and an independent interpreter during a long night of questioning following the Nov. 1, 2007 murder of her British roommate. But the court said there was insufficient evidence to support claims of psychological and physical mistreatment.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, said in its ruling that Italy hadn’t succeeded in proving that “the restriction of Ms. Knox’s access to a lawyer ... had not irreparably undermined the fairness of the proceedings as a whole.” It said Italy must pay Knox $20,000 (18,400 euros) in damages, costs, and expenses.