ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> STORY: Amanda Knox is transported in a police convey from prison to a courthouse in Perugia where she will hear the verdict in her appeals case.<br/> Earlier, the American had tearfully begged an Italian court to acquit her of murdering her British roommate during a brutal erotic game, saying she was paying for a crime she did not commit.<br/> The Seattle native and her Italian boyfriend at the time, Raffaele Sollecito, are fighting a 2009 verdict that found them guilty of murdering Leeds University exchange student Meredith Kercher during a drug-fueled sexual assault.<br/> Kercher's half-naked body, with more than 40 wounds and a deep gash in the throat, was found in 2007 in the apartment she shared with the American student in this Umbrian hill town.<br/> The panel of two professional and six lay judges had retired consider a verdict immediately after Knox's final plea. Their decision is expected later Monday evening.
