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Police Threatened Me With Jail: Knox

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 13, 2009 11:18 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Amanda Knox returned to the stand for the second day today with a familiar theme: Italian police abused her—verbally and sometimes physically—so much that she became confused about events the night Meredith Kercher was killed. She said police threatened her with serious jail time if she didn’t tell them what they wanted to hear, the Telegraph reports. “If you don't start telling the truth,” she recalls police saying, “we'll put you in jail for 30 years.”

Knox says police pressured her into accusing her boss, Patrick Lumumba, when they discovered she had texted him that night with the phrase, "Fine, see you later." She told the court that it's a standard American signoff, not an indication of a set meeting. “Here's the message on your telephone, you wanted to meet up with him, you are a stupid liar,” Knox recalled the police saying. That's when one officer struck her on the head, twice. Lumumba has since been cleared in the case.

The crime scene.
The crime scene.   (AP Photo)
Murder suspect Raffaele Sollecito arrives in court.
Murder suspect Raffaele Sollecito arrives in court.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Amanda Knox is escorted into court today.
Amanda Knox is escorted into court today.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
UAmanda Knox smiles as she sits for a hearing today.
UAmanda Knox smiles as she sits for a hearing today.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
US murder suspect Amanda Knox testifies during a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy.
US murder suspect Amanda Knox testifies during a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy.   (AP Photo)
Knox in court today.
Knox in court today.   (AP Photo)
US murder suspect Amanda Knox.
US murder suspect Amanda Knox.   (AP Photo)
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brawne
Jun 13, 2009 10:38 AM CDT
My child is dead, Reader. Why do you think that I'm mindlessly droning the day making banal comments instead of enjoying a beautiful Saturday? You do what you do to survive. And I don't think anyone here was ignoring the gravity of the loss. Rob said the same thing as you and I merely tried to interpret Terrified's response as being the same thing as Rob and therefore the same thing as you. So you are actually repeating what we all said.
Reader68389796
Jun 13, 2009 9:11 AM CDT
Are you kidding me you guys, someone is dead! What simple about that! Just thank God it's not your child.
brawne
Jun 13, 2009 8:20 AM CDT
And once again, I make a pointless comment about something I know nothing about: I think terrified was making a rhetorical statement that was more about Italian passion than this specific case.

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police • Italy • text message • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Patrick Lumumba

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