Kercher Judge Rejects Defence's DNA Challenge
The judge in the Meredith Kercher murder trial has rejected the defence team's challenge against police DNA findings.
Amanda Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are accused of murdering the British student, who was found with her throat slit in a flat she shared with Knox.
Knox and Sollecito's lawyers had requested for indictments to be dropped against their clients after criticising the prosecution.
They complained that they had delayed from January until July to present them with 250 pages of their case.
Despite not having the indictments thrown out, the defence will continue to challenge DNA findings to try clear their clients' names.
Earlier Knox's father also said there was no DNA evidence against his daughter.
Dad Curt Knox told Sky News: "If you look at the simple fact that within the room in which Meredith Kercher lost her life... there is no speck of Amanda in that room.
"(There are) no hair follicles, no fingerprints, no blood, no DNA anywhere.
"So how they can portray her as being in that room is beyond me."
They are expected to accuse police of cross-contaminating Meredith's bra with Sollecito's DNA, as well as arguing that DNA found on a knife did not come from Knox.