Article: I heard Meredith scream ... then covered my ears; (1) Changed her story: Amanda Knox, in a photo taken from her Myspace web page (2) Put up a fight: Miss Kercher (3) Raffaele Sollecito (4) Patrick Lumumba.

Byline: Beth Hale, Nick Pisa

THE American student accused of murdering Meredith Kercher covered herears to block out the sound of her housemate's dying screams, say Italianpolice.

In an extraordinary statement to detectives Amanda Knox claims she sat in thekitchen of their house and listened to the British student being killed.

The 20-year-old said she knew Miss Kercher was in her bedroom with musicianPatrick Diya Lumumba - but did nothing to help.

The student wasn't clear if she heard 'thuds' but 'I could imagine what wasgoing on', she told police in Perugia after 'crumbling' under days ofquestioning.

'I can't remember how ...

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