Amanda Knox has faced a tirade of criticism on Twitter for a "disgusting" tweet which seemingly belittled the high profile death of a Leeds university student.
The 33-year-old American spent nearly four years in an Italian prison following her conviction for the 2007 murder of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher.
Miss Kercher was an exchange student from the University of Leeds and shared an apartment with Miss Knox during her time in Italy.
Miss Knox was convicted of her flatmate's murder but she was subsequently cleared on appeal with Rudy Guede later found guilty of killing Miss Kercher.
Ahead of the presidential election, Miss Knox, who describes herself as an "exoneree, journalist" on her Twitter profile, tweeted: "Whatever happens, the next four years can't be as bad as that four-year study abroad I did in Italy, right?"
However, her tongue-in-cheek remark was met with heavy criticism on Twitter with people blasting her insensitive tweet.
One user said: "Weird, I can remember another young woman who might've had a f** worse time.," with another tweeting: "This is so disgusting. No care for all the people terrified for their lives over the next 4 years."
"No care for the memory of Meredith Kercher, or her family who will surely hear of this vile tweet."
One person wrote: "I don’t think you thought this tweet through," with another quipping: "Girl I don’t think you murdered your roommate, but a tweet like this makes me understand why people thought you did."
Miss Kercher was found dead on the floor of her bedroom in Perugia in November 2007.
Miss Knox and her Italian boyfriend at the time, Raffaele Sollecito, were arrested at the time and were eventually sentenced to 26 years and 25 years behind bars, respectively.
However, a second trial in 2011 saw the pair cleared of murder with both exonerated by Italy's Supreme Court in March 2015.
