Amanda Knox 'upset' by guilty verdict says mother Moments before it was delivered her stepfather emerged and laughingly took photographs of the media waiting outside, apparently convinced the court would decide she was innocent. But as the news of her second conviction over the death of Meredith Kercher came through on television news networks the mood changed. A black Lincoln town car pulled up to sweep Knox away to an unknown destination. Asked how her sister had taken the verdict Deanna Knox replied "OK, thank you." But her mother Edda Mellas said: "She's upset obviously." Knox was then escorted out of the house by her family, her sister covering her head with a jacket and hugging her. Her father Curt Knox looked grim faced and declined to comment. Ahead of the verdict other friends and supporters had gathered at another house, less than a mile away, where they were believed to have been hosted by Knox's stepmother. They walked past a 'Welcome' sign and under an awning still hung with Christmas decorations as a large US flag flew on a pole in the garden next door. Curious neighbours looked on from near a "children playing" sign. Shortly before the verdict one of her mother's neighbours said; "We just think people should leave her alone. Generally, in the neighbourhood, people don't care any more. Everyone's lived here a long time and they've (the family) always been nice. I see her mum and she's nice and I've seen her around but it's just not something we pay that much attention to. I didn't know there was something going on with it today. I thought the whole thing was over. The Seattle media long ago decided to minimise coverage of the case. On the day of the verdict there was not a word about it Knox's local newspaper the Seattle Times, which was more concerned with the appearance of the city's American football team in the forthcoming Super Bowl. Seattle's decision to virtually ignore Knox's presence came after she asked to be left alone to live an "ordinary" life when she returned home following her previous acquittal. That life has consisted of living with her boyfriend in the city's University district, taking up the martial art of Krav Maga, and pursuing a creative writing course at the University of Washington, which she is now close to finishing.