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Knox on Roomie's Murder: 'Yucky, Disgusting'

Says she's trying to 'get on with my life'

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 14, 2009 8:28 AM CDT

(Newser) – Amanda Knox said in continuing testimony yesterday that she imagined her housemate’s murder as “shocking, yucky, disgusting,” the Times of London reports. Asked why she said Meredith Kercher must have died slowly, Knox said: “I heard that she had her throat slit, and from what I saw in CSI, these things are not quick or pleasant so I said, 'Gosh...bleargh...this brutality, this death.'”

Her language appeared to surprise the jurors. Knox said she’d been “shocked” by Kercher’s death. Asked whether she remembered Kercher in her daily life, she said she did. But “in the end I knew her for a month, and first of all I’m trying to get on with my life," she added.

Amanda Knox testifies during a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial.
Amanda Knox testifies during a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Amanda Knox is escorted by a police officer as she meets her lawyer upon arrival for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial in Perugia on Friday.
Amanda Knox is escorted by a police officer as she meets her lawyer upon arrival for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial in Perugia on Friday.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Francesco Maresca, lawyer for Meredith Kercher's family, leaves Perugia's court last year.
Francesco Maresca, lawyer for Meredith Kercher's family, leaves Perugia's court last year.   (AP Photo/Antoino Calanni)
Raffaele Sollecito arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy.
Raffaele Sollecito arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Curt Knox and Christine Mellas, father and aunt of Amanda Knox, before the start of a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial yesterday.
Curt Knox and Christine Mellas, father and aunt of Amanda Knox, before the start of a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial yesterday.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Amanda Knox is escorted by a police officer as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial in Perugia, Italy, yesterday.
Amanda Knox is escorted by a police officer as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial in Perugia, Italy, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
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COMMENTS
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cfbailey
Jun 14, 2009 11:29 AM CDT
what is that nasty sore on her lip?
Mad
Jun 14, 2009 6:05 AM CDT
There is no crime I could sit on a jury in judgment of that I would pass the sentence of death - none
 

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