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Ex-Roomie Saw Scratch on Knox's Neck

Struggling victim may have left mark, which was not a 'hickey'

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 14, 2009 5:14 PM CST

(Newser) – Amanda Knox wore a mysterious mark on her neck only hours after her roommate’s fatal stabbing, a witness testified today at Knox's murder trial. “I noticed it because it was known that Meredith had been killed by a wound to her neck,” said former roommate Laura Mezzetti, who suggested that victim Meredith Kercher wounded Knox before being killed. The mark wasn't a hickey, which would have been "purple and more round," Mezzetti said.

Wearing a T-shirt reading “All you need is love,” Knox took the witness stand again today to deny claims of friction with her former roommates, the Telegraph reports. “I always had a good relationship with them,” said Knox, adding that the much-discussed issue of house chores has been “exaggerated.”

Amanda Knox, wearing a t-shirt reading All you need is love, is escorted by an Italian penitentiary police officer as she arrives to stand trial in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.
Amanda Knox, wearing a t-shirt reading "All you need is love," is escorted by an Italian penitentiary police officer as she arrives to stand trial in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox, right, is escorted by an Italian penitentiary police officer as she arrives in a courtroom to stand trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.
U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox, right, is escorted by an Italian penitentiary police officer as she arrives in a courtroom to stand trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
American student Amanda Knox and the British woman Meredith Kercher she is accused of killing were friendly at first but then drifted apart, their roommate testified.
American student Amanda Knox and the British woman Meredith Kercher she is accused of killing were friendly at first but then drifted apart, their roommate testified.   (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Sitting at center foreground with ponytail and back to camera, American murder suspect Amanda Knox stands trial with her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (unseen), in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. Sollecito and Knox are charged with murder and sexual violence in the slaying of British student Meredith Kercher, who...
Sitting at center foreground with ponytail and back to camera, American murder suspect Amanda Knox stands trial with her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (unseen), in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Feb....   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
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Amanda had a wound to her neck and I noticed it because it was known that Meredith had been killed by a wound to her neck. I was afraid that Amanda, too, might have been wounded. I looked at it really intensely. - Laura Mezzetti

She's been painted to be a black angel, a devil woman, whatever the hell you want to call it and she is none of those things. The portrayal of her is the opposite of who she really is. - Curt Knox, Amanda's father

There's immense pain in my situation but I can't imagine what they are going through. At least I have a second chance for my daughter. They don't. - Curt Knox, Amanda's father,
on the family of Meredith Kercher

It was amazingly consistent. It could lead you to believe that they may have had discussions prior to providing their testimony. You would expect there to be a little deviation here and there. - Curt Knox, Amanda's father, on the testimony of his daughter's accusers

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