Amanda Knox shown knife with which she is accused of murdering Meredith Kercher

Sep. 19, 2009
Amanda Knox has been shown the longbladed kitchen knife which prosecutors say she used to murder her British flatmate Meredith Kercher during a violent sex game.
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