Knox and Sollecito have been convicted, had their convictions overturned and then reinstated by Italian courts. Knox and Sollecito are due to appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn their convictions again.
2. Racing man's mystery exit from $1m job
Lianne Bayliss and Chris Bayliss
The highly paid chief executive of the state-run NZ Racing Board has quit with eight days' notice, leaving the board without a replacement and the public without a reason for his departure.
The resignation of former banking executive Chris Bayliss, 47, was announced yesterday, less than two years after he started the job.
The role of running the body, which oversees racing and betting, had an annual pay packet of more than $1 million.
Harness Racing Trainers and Drivers Association president John Lischner said he was "very sorry to see him go".
3. MFAT bungled handling of diplomat
Murray McCully, left, and John Key
Foreign Affairs chief executive John Allen has acknowledged his ministry bungled the case of the Malaysian diplomat accused of sexual assault.
Mr Allen said his apology to the Government was for both the shortcomings in the advice given to the Government by the ministry and its management of a serious incident.
"The ministry has fallen well short of its obligations to the Government on this occasion and we take this failure very seriously.
"It is the long-standing policy of the New Zealand government to formally request the waiver of diplomatic immunity in such cases."
4. Trio appalled bystander filmed their attack
Footage of drunken teenage girls kicking defenceless victims in central Dunedin is circulating widely on social media.
The 14-second clip has appalled the three battered victims, who are recovering from the 10-minute-long assault.
In the clip, Annalise Cooper (19) tries to shield her head and torso as she is repeatedly kicked and punched by assailants still holding cans of RTDs.
Police said they were had been working to interview the six or seven alleged assailants, all believed to be aged 15 and 16 years.
Police were also investigating information that the group of assailants were involved in an earlier incident at a party.
5. Aussie teenager stuns Nadal
Nick Kyrgios. Photo / AP
Many in tennis are queuing up to hail Nick Kyrgios a future superstar of the game but a beaten world No.1 Rafael Nadal isn't among them.
Kyrgios produced one of the biggest upsets in grand slam history with a four-set win over world No.1 Nadal at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
It continued a disappointing recent run for the Spaniard at the All England Club after his first-round exit last year and second-round loss in 2012.
Nadal was blasted off the court at times by a free-swinging, big-serving Kyrgios and the second seed said the Australian was a deserved winner.
- nzherald.co.nz, NZ Herald, Otago Daily Times, UK Independent, AAP
