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Article: I was forced to name barman, Knox tells trial
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- June 13, 2009
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POLICE pressured Amanda Knox into implicating a former bar owner
in the death of British student Meredith Kercher, the murder suspect
has told a court.
Giving evidence in a crowded courtroom in Perugia, Italy, Knox
(21) explained why she had named Patrick Lumumba during her
interrogation after Miss Kercher's body was found.
"Everything (I) said was said in confusion and under pressure,"
she said. "They (the officers questioning me) were suggesting
Patrick Lumumba so the first thing I said was 'OK, Patrick'."
She said that before she named Mr Lumumba, police accused her of
trying to protect someone.