Italy: Flatmate describes confusion over Meredith's death
The American student held in connection with the murder of Meredith Kercher has again reiterated that she did not kill her flatmate, according to reports.
A rambling three-page statement given by Amanda Knox to police on November 6 - the day she was arrested – has been leaked to Italian newspapers.
In it the 20-year-old says she is confused as to who is the real killer but is sure that it is not her.
Leeds University exchange student Miss Kercher, 21, was murdered in Perugia on the night of November 1.
Her body was found in the apartment she shared with Knox and another girl.
Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 23, have been in custody since November 6 suspected of sexually assaulting and killing Miss Kercher, from Coulsdon, Surrey. They deny any involvement in her death.
Rudy Hermann Guede, 20, who has joint Italian and Ivorian nationality, was arrested in Germany yesterday in connection with the crime and is facing extradition to Italy in the next two weeks.
A fourth man, Diya “Patrick” Lumumba, was released due to lack of evidence yesterday after two weeks in custody.
In the latest statement to come to light, Knox says: “There is something inside me which I believe to be true, but there is another possibility that could also be true and, honestly, I can’t say with any certainty which one is correct. I am trying to work it out because I fear for myself. I know I did not kill Meredith. That is something I know for sure.”
She dedicates much of the statement to Sollecito and what they did together on the night of November 1, saying she believes he is “scared” like her.
As to the details of the evening, she says: “I’m not sure of these things and I know that it is important to help my case, but the truth is I don’t think we did very much.”
She admits to being “very confused”, adding: “At this moment my head is full of contrasting ideas and I don’t like being unable to figure them out.”
Earlier, Mr Lumumba had said he would never be able to forgive Knox for involving him in the story.
He was arrested on November 6 after Knox told Italian police he had been in Miss Kercher’s room on the night she was murdered.
Speaking to newspapers through his lawyers, he said he could not understand why Knox had chosen to frame him, particularly as he had helped her find work.
And he also criticised police for not finding out where he had been on the night of November 1 before they detained him.
He said: “The hardest thing was that they didn’t try to work out a motive. I’ve never been in Meredith’s house in my life.
“So why were they accusing me? Couldn’t they have asked me, before they put me in handcuffs, what I was doing that night?”
Speaking about his time in prison, he continued: “I asked myself ’why has Amanda done this to me?’. I helped that girl find work. I don’t think I’ll ever forgive her.”
Mr Lumumba is currently the subject of an international media bidding war for his side of the story.
