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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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  1. Jury Hears Final Witness in Amanda Knox Murder Case

    The Italian jury in the trial of Amanda Knox , an American college student accused of murdering her British roommate, has finished hearing evidence from witnesses an...

  2. Amanda Knox Keeps Hopes High Over Appeal

    Lawyers for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, the American woman and the Italian man convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher, could fight for five more years t...

  3. American Amanda Knox Guilty in Italian Murder Trial

    American college student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison early Saturday after a year-long trial th...

  4. Amanda Knox Keeps Hopes High Over Appeal

    Lawyers for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, the American woman and the Italian man convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher , could fight for five more years ...

  5. Amanda Knox Stars in Feature Film While Awaiting Trial for British Coed's Murder

    Amanda Knox, the American student who goes on trial in Perugia next month for the murder of Meredith Kercher has starred in an "experimental" feature film for public...

  6. Slain British Student Meredith Kercher's Friends May Place Amanda Knox at Crime Scene

    Friends of slain British college student Meredith Kercher have been called back before an Italian judge to repeat comments made to them by Amanda Knox, Kercher's Ame...

  7. Italian Coroner Unsure If Slain British Student Meredith Kercher Was Raped

    A coroner's report on the slaying of a British student in Italy, in which her American roommate is among three suspects, says it cannot be determined if the victim w...

  8. Knox Family Reportedly Invites Former Italian Boyfriend to Seattle for Reunion

    BARI, Italy -- The family of Amanda Knox has invited her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito , to Seattle for a reunion, after the pair was cleared of the murder of...

  9. Meredith Kercher's Family Sets Up Fund for Italian Murder Appeal

    LONDON -- The family of Meredith Kercher , who was stabbed to death in Perugia, Italy , is setting up a trust fund to help pay for the appeal against the decision to...

  10. Amanda Knox sometimes 'paralyzed' with anxiety

    Amanda Knox says in a new interview that she's sometimes "paralyzed" with anxiety stemming from the death of her roommate in Italy and the legal proceedings that saw...

  11. In Amanda Knox Appeals Trial, Italian Defendant Takes a Backseat

    PERUGIA, Italy -- Prosecutors have portrayed Raffele Sollecito as a "dog on a leash," helplessly under the sway of Amanda Knox , his girlfriend of only six days when...

  12. Amanda Knox Is No 'She-Devil'

    Italian attorney Francesco Maresca addressed the jury in the Amanda Knox murder trial yesterday—the first of two appeals allowed under Italian law—calling Knox a "sh...

  1. Amanda Knox in Testimony Alleges Police Abuse, Admits Drug Use

    Amanda Knox told an Italian court Friday that police abused her and called her as a "stupid liar" when they questioned her over the murder of Meredith Kercher.The Am...

  2. Amanda Knox says what happened to her 'could have happened to anyone'

    Amanda Knox says in an interview that what happened to her was "surreal but it could have happened to anyone."The Seattle native told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an in...

  3. Family spokesman: Amanda Knox lawyer appeals slander conviction in Italy

    Amanda Knox's Italian lawyer has filed an appeal of her slander conviction in Italy, a Knox family spokesman in Seattle said Monday.In October, an Italian appeals co...

  4. Knox Trial: Convicted Ivorian to Testify

    PERUGIA, Italy -- The appeal hearing of American student Amanda Knox against her murder conviction in Italy resumes Monday with all eyes on an Ivorian man also convi...

  5. DNA Used to Convict Amanda Knox Contaminated, Forensic Experts Say

    ROME -- Amanda Knox won a crucial legal victory Wednesday as an independent forensic report said that much of the DNA evidence used to convict the American student a...

  6. Amanda Knox's Story Could Net Her Tens of Millions of Dollars, Experts Say

    An Italian appeals court overturned Amanda Knox 's murder conviction on Monday, allowing the Seattle native to return to the United States , nearly  two years after ...

  7. Hundreds of Reporters Descend on Italian Town to Cover Amanda Knox Trial

    Inside the courthouse, dozens of cameramen, photographers and reporters elbow their way around to get the best view of Amanda Knox . Outside, TV satellite trucks lin...

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