Were friends with Knox but she stabbed me in back - Lumumba

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 5 - Patrick Lumumba,a former Perugia bar owner initially fingered by Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher, said after she was re-convicted of slandering him Wednesday that she had been friends with the American then exchange student but "she stabbed me in the back".
    A Florence court confirmed a three year sentence for Knox, now a writer, for slandering Congo-born Lumumba but she will not go to jail because the time has already been served due to her initial conviction, before eventual exoneration, in the Kercher case.
    "The sentence is just and deserved," Lumumba told ANSA after the verdict was read out.
    "I hail the court in Florence with much respect and honour for their professionalism.
    "It is true we were friends with Amanda Knox, but you don't stab friends in the back and Amanda stabbed me.
    "She stabbed me and did not apologise." (ANSA).