Television presenter Matthew Wright has sparked outrage after asking viewers if they would sleep with Amanda Knox, who was acquitted of the murder of Coulsdon student Meredith Kercher on Monday.

The former journalist, who presents Channel 5 morning chat show The Wright Stuff, speaking about American Amanda Knox, who won her appeal against her murder conviction of 21-year-old Miss Kercher, controversially posed the question to his panellists “Foxy Knoxy: Would Ya?”

Aired just 12 hours after Miss Knox and former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito won their appeal in Perugia Italy, the topic sparked outrage on social networking site Twitter.

ChelseaBoy Mike wrote: “What an absolute bloody moron Matthew Wright is for his "would ya?" comment on Amanda Knox. I know 5's standards are low but my word.” While Mattlewis 27 tweeted: “Can't quite believe Matthew Wright said all that stuff about Amanda Knox.”

Miss Knox has come under close media scrutiny during the protracted trial, while victim Miss Kercher, who studied at Leeds University has been largely sidelined – a fact pointed out by Miss Kerchers family.

Following the decision on October 3 her sister Stephanie stated: “The biggest disappointment is not knowing still. There could be someone or people out there who have done this.”