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Prosecutors: Revenge Was Motive for Amanda Knox

Murder suspect Amanda Knox "coveted hatred" for Meredith Kercher and "killed her to take revenge," a prosecutor has told an Italian court.The American woman, 22, and her 25-year-old former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are accused of murdering Kercher after she refused to take part in a brutal sex game.The body of the British student, 21, was found with her throat cut in a bedroom of the house in Perugia she shared with Knox and two Italian women in November 2007.Summing up the case, prosecutor Giuliano Mignini said on the night of the murder, Knox and Sollecito arrived at the house with Rudy Guede.SLIDESHOW: Amanda Knox on Trial for MurderGuede has already been sentenced to 30 years for Meredith's murder and sexual assault."Meredith and Amanda began to argue over money, Meredith was also upset that Amanda had brought another man (Guede) back to the house," he said."They argued about this ugly habit of hers and the three who had arrived were also under the influence of drugs and alcohol...

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