Amanda Knox has been accused of continually profiting from the murder of her British room-mate Meredith Kercher as filming gets underway in Italy for a new TV series about the brutal killing.

Shooting began in the hilltop town of Orvieto, north of Rome, last week and is expected to continue at several locations this week in Perugia, the mediaeval town in Umbria, where Kercher died in November 2007.

Ms Knox, who was definitively acquitted of Kercher’s murder and sexual assault charges in 2015, is one of the producers of the eight-part series to be aired by Hulu, the US streaming service owned by Disney.

The series, also backed by Alt Ending Productions – the production company run by Bill Clinton’s former intern Monica Lewinsky – and stars 27-year-old actress, Grace Van Patten, in the lead role.

Hulu has said the series is “based on the true story of how Knox was wrongfully convicted for the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, and her 16-year odyssey to set herself free”.