Wednesday,
December 05, 2007
The
ANNOTICO Report
In
a 35-page explanation of its ruling that Amanda Knox should stay in
jail, a three-judge panel described her as "self-assured and cunning"
but also naive and with a tendency for theatrics. Knox has repeatedly
changed her story as to her whereabouts on the night of the murder.
American Student Held in
Fox News
From Times of
Wednesday, December 05,
2007
A suspect in the murder of British student
Meredith Kercher has been described as
"cunning" by a court in the Italian city of
American
student Amanda Knox is being held on suspicion of involvement in the death of
her flatmate at their apartment on November 2.
Kercher, 21, was found with her throat cut. Authorities believe she
was trying to fight off a sexual assault when she died.
Knox,
who is known as Foxy Knoxy, and her Italian
boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, last week failed in a
bid to be released from prison.
Francesco
Maresca, a lawyer for the Kercher
family, has now revealed some of the details of why Knox's appeal was
dismissed.
In
a 35-page explanation of its ruling that she should stay in jail, a three-judge
panel described her as "self-assured and cunning" but also naive and
with a tendency for theatrics.
Maresca said the panel's explanation was "a well-reasoned ruling
that puts Amanda in the leading position in the murder."
The
lawyer, who told the Associated Press news agency that he had a copy of the
panel's explanation, said the judges had reasoned that Kercher
was killed by someone she knew since there were no traces of a break-in.
He
added: "Amanda lived in that house. She was someone Meredith
trusted."
Knox
has repeatedly changed her story as to her whereabouts on the night of the
murder.
She
originally said she was not in the apartment, then
described trying to block Kercher's screams from her
ears while standing in the kitchen of their flat, and has now reverted to her
original story.
A
native of the
A
fourth suspect, Diya "Patrick" Lumumba, was
released without charge.
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