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Flatmate 'heard Meredith scream' | |
(20 minutes later) | |
The American flatmate of murdered Meredith Kercher has claimed she covered her ears as the British student screamed, Italian police have said. | |
Amanda Knox, 20, has given a partial confession, but keeps changing her story, police in Perugia say. | |
Miss Knox, her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 24, and Congolese immigrant Patrick Lumumba, 37 are all being questioned about the murder. | |
Miss Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was found with her throat cut. | |
Perugia's police chief Arturo De Felice said all three suspects had given different versions of events. | |
Miss Knox, he said, "crumbled" under interrogation and claimed she was in the kitchen of the apartment she shared with Miss Kercher when Mr Lumumba went into the Briton's bedroom. | |
She told police she then heard screaming from the room, but covered her ears to block out the noise. | |
Amanda Knox shared a house with Meredith Kercher | |
Mr De Felice said all three suspects would go before a judge on Thursday to be formally arrested. | |
He said police were holding them separately and they had not had access to their lawyers. | He said police were holding them separately and they had not had access to their lawyers. |
Their mobile phone records were vital to the investigation, he added. | |
Sexual attack | Sexual attack |
Earlier reports said Miss Knox and Mr Sollecito were at the house when police found Miss Kercher's body in her bedroom on Friday. | |
She was partially-clothed and under a duvet and it is thought her throat was cut with a pocket knife. | She was partially-clothed and under a duvet and it is thought her throat was cut with a pocket knife. |
Mr De Felice told a press conference she was murdered fighting off a violent sexual attack. | |
He said she was a "victim and nothing more". | |
Luca Lalli, the medical examiner, said there was evidence that she had taken part in sexual activity before her death, but did not confirm reports that she had been raped. | Luca Lalli, the medical examiner, said there was evidence that she had taken part in sexual activity before her death, but did not confirm reports that she had been raped. |
Raffaele Sollecito is an Italian student from Bari | Raffaele Sollecito is an Italian student from Bari |
Detectives have five days to question the three people being held in connection with Miss Kercher's death. | Detectives have five days to question the three people being held in connection with Miss Kercher's death. |
Mr Lumumba had been in the country since 1988, while Mr Sollecito was a student at the local university. | Mr Lumumba had been in the country since 1988, while Mr Sollecito was a student at the local university. |
Mobile phone | Mobile phone |
Miss Kercher, who had been on a study year from Leeds University as part of the Erasmus programme, is known to have gone to at least one party on Halloween last Wednesday, the night before she died. | Miss Kercher, who had been on a study year from Leeds University as part of the Erasmus programme, is known to have gone to at least one party on Halloween last Wednesday, the night before she died. |
The next evening, she had dinner with a female friend, and went home in the middle of the evening. | The next evening, she had dinner with a female friend, and went home in the middle of the evening. |
Officers have been carrying out checks for fingerprints on two mobile phones belonging to Miss Kercher, which were found at or near the scene. | Officers have been carrying out checks for fingerprints on two mobile phones belonging to Miss Kercher, which were found at or near the scene. |
An elderly woman found one mobile abandoned in her garden and handed it to police. | An elderly woman found one mobile abandoned in her garden and handed it to police. |
Detectives traced it to the flat, where they kicked in the door and discovered Miss Kercher's body. | Detectives traced it to the flat, where they kicked in the door and discovered Miss Kercher's body. |
ERASMUS PROGRAMME Seeks to "enhance the quality and reinforce the European dimension of higher education"Includes exchange schemes for studentsCovers 2,199 higher education institutions in 31 countries Dangers for women travellers | ERASMUS PROGRAMME Seeks to "enhance the quality and reinforce the European dimension of higher education"Includes exchange schemes for studentsCovers 2,199 higher education institutions in 31 countries Dangers for women travellers |
They are also studying a footprint left in the blood in her bedroom. | They are also studying a footprint left in the blood in her bedroom. |
The Daily Telegraph quoted her father, John Kercher, as saying that he had found it "very difficult" to learn of the circumstances surrounding her death. | The Daily Telegraph quoted her father, John Kercher, as saying that he had found it "very difficult" to learn of the circumstances surrounding her death. |
Earlier reports suggested she may have died after a sexual encounter went wrong. | Earlier reports suggested she may have died after a sexual encounter went wrong. |
Mr Kercher said: "Meredith was just not that sort of person. | Mr Kercher said: "Meredith was just not that sort of person. |
"She would never have got involved in anything like that. | "She would never have got involved in anything like that. |
"I think I am dealing with it and then I see cards and pictures or I hear her name mentioned and it sets me off crying again." | "I think I am dealing with it and then I see cards and pictures or I hear her name mentioned and it sets me off crying again." |
Friends of Miss Kercher held a candlelit vigil in her memory at Perugia's cathedral on Monday night. | Friends of Miss Kercher held a candlelit vigil in her memory at Perugia's cathedral on Monday night. |