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Film titled 'Amanda Knox' will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival today
Knox was pictured at the airport with boyfriend Christopher Robinson
The Netflix documentary explores the Meredith Kercher murder trial
The British student was found half naked and with her throat slit at the house she shared with Knox in Perugia in November 2007
Knox and her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were initially found guilty of murder and sentenced to 26 years in jail in 2009
But after appeals and retrials they were acquitted by Italy's highest court

Published: 06:21 EST, 9 September 2016 | Updated: 08:47 EST, 9 September 2016

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Amanda Knox touched down in Toronto with her author boyfriend ahead of the release of the Netflix documentary about the Meredith Kercher murder trial.

The film - entitled 'Amanda Knox' - will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival today after the first trailers were released.

Knox was pictured at the airport along with new boyfriend Christopher Robinson, who wore a bright blue jacket with her name on with a pair of garish trousers.

British student Miss Kercher, 21, was found half naked and with her throat slit in the house she shared in Perugia with Knox in November 2007.

The US student and Raffaele Sollecito were initially found guilty of murder and sentenced to 26 years in jail in 2009, but after appeals and retrials they were acquitted last year by Italy's highest court.

Amanda Knox and her author boyfriend Christopher Robinson touched down in Toronto today

A Netflix documentary entitled 'Amanda Knox' will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival today

The first trailers have been released for Netflix's highly-anticipated documentary have been released and the film is set to come out later this month

In the documentary Knox breaks down in tears as she discusses the case that made headlines around the world.

She is asked 'did you kill Meredith Kercher?' and she replies' no' before giving the same reply to two further questions: 'Were you there that night?' and 'Do you know anything you have not told police?'

Knox, now 29, says anyone could have been in her shoes.

Looking at the camera, she states: 'That's everyone's nightmare. Either I'm a psychopath in sheep's clothing or I am you.'

'Amanda Knox' delves into the life of the 29-year-old American student whose world was turned upside down when she was accused of brutally killing Kercher in 2007 (above in 2007)

The Netflix documentary promises 'unprecedented access to key people involved and never-before-seen archival material.'

There are also interviews with Knox's ex-boyfriend and fellow co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito, as well as Italian prosecutor Giuliano Mignini.

Discussing her former house mate Miss Kercher, she says: 'We weren't best friends but I was so shocked by what happened to her. Suddenly I found myself tossed into this dark place.'

Breaking down in tears, she states: 'I was so scared. I don't know what else I can say.'

She tells the camera: 'Before Italy I had a happy life. It was very important to get out of my comfort zone and see if that made me turn into an adult.'

But after the events in Italy 'the whole world knew who I had ever had sex with. I felt like a child again and I know I was a kid'.

Tragedy: It has been almost a decade since Knox and then boyfriend Raffaelle Sollecito (left) were accused of murdering Meredith Kercher (right)

Knox and Sollecito were first acquitted in 2011 after evidence used against them was found to be flawed.

Knox immediately returned to the United States protesting her innocence, but in January 2014, the Italian courts overturned that acquittal and reinstated the guilty verdict.

However, the case ultimately went to the Supreme Court and their conviction was definitively overturned in March last year.

Knox, now a journalist in her hometown of Seattle, has since taken her case against Italian police to the European Court of Human Rights, claiming she was mistreated during their murder investigation.

Sollecito finished his undergraduate degree in computer science at the University of Perugia in 2008 while in prison.

He has since become an 'expert' for Italian crime show 'Mystery of the Week' and offers a perspective on the 'faults of the justice system'.

Sollecito (left) also appears in the trailer, speaking of happier times with Knox (right)

Knox appeared to be overcome with emotion at one point in the trailer and breaks down in tears

The brutality of the attack on 21-year-old Miss Kercher, the alleged sex games, and multiple trials provided fodder for tabloids on both sides of the Atlantic and inspired books and films.

It has previously been the subject of the documentary A Long Way From Home and TV movie Amanda Knox: Murder On Trial In Italy, with Hayden Panettiere in the title role.

Rudy Guede, from the Ivory Coast, is halfway through a 16-year sentence for his involvement in Miss Kercher's death after a separate trial.

He has always denied killing her.

The documentary, directed by Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn, will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival today, before a global launch on September 30.

Knox described her carefree life before Italy, before she was accused of murder, before she was locked up in an Italian jail (pictured before she was accused in 2007)