Knox claims police beat her during murder probe

AN American student accused of murdering her British roommate took the witness stand for the first time yesterday, telling the court she was beaten by police and confused when she was questioned in the days after the killing.

Amanda Knox also repeated that she spent the night of the killing at the house of her co-defendant and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, in Perugia, central Italy.

Prosecutors contend that Knox, an exchange student from Seattle, and Sollecito killed 21-year-old Meredith Kercher on November 2, 2007, in the apartment she shared with Knox during what began as a sex game.