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Italian police have visited Raffaele Sollecito to enforce a travel ban imposed when a court reinstated his guilty verdict for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher in 2007.Italian police have visited Raffaele Sollecito to enforce a travel ban imposed when a court reinstated his guilty verdict for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher in 2007.
Police found Sollecito between Udine and Tarvisio near the Slovenian and Austrian borders, Rai News said.Police found Sollecito between Udine and Tarvisio near the Slovenian and Austrian borders, Rai News said.
Sollecito was given 25 years and US ex-girlfriend Amanda Knox 28 years and six months in Thursday's ruling. Sollecito was given 25 years and his US ex-girlfriend Amanda Knox 28 years and six months in Thursday's ruling.
The Kercher family lawyer said that justice had been done.The Kercher family lawyer said that justice had been done.
Miss Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon in south London, was stabbed to death in the flat she shared with Knox in the college city of Perugia.
'Flight danger''Flight danger'
The travel ban was part of the verdict handed down on Sollecito by the court in Florence on Thursday.The travel ban was part of the verdict handed down on Sollecito by the court in Florence on Thursday.
The court noted that there was a "real and actual the danger that Sollecito could escape Italian justice".The court noted that there was a "real and actual the danger that Sollecito could escape Italian justice".
Sollecito had been in the courtroom earlier in the day on Thursday but was not there for the ruling. Sollecito is free to move within Italy until the verdict is confirmed, normally the task of the supreme Court of Cassation.
Sollecito's lawyer, Luca Maori, said his client had heard the verdict on TV and looked "annihilated". Lawyers for both Knox, who is in the United States, and Sollecito have said they will appeal to the Court of Cassation.
Sollecito had been in the courtroom in Florence earlier in the day on Thursday but was not there for the ruling.
His lawyer, Luca Maori, said his client had heard the verdict on TV and looked "annihilated".
Police reportedly visited Sollecito in a hotel in Venzone, about 40km (24 miles) from the border, in the early hours of Friday.Police reportedly visited Sollecito in a hotel in Venzone, about 40km (24 miles) from the border, in the early hours of Friday.
Venzone is 322km from Florence.
A police statement read: "Raffaele Sollecito... was notified of the cautionary measures of the travel ban and the confiscation of his passport."A police statement read: "Raffaele Sollecito... was notified of the cautionary measures of the travel ban and the confiscation of his passport."
He was taken to a police station in Udine where a stamp was put in his passport showing he was banned from leaving Italy. He was taken voluntarily to a police station in Udine.
The cabinet chief of the Udine police station, Giovanni Belmonte, told Associated Press news agency that Sollecito would be allowed to go later in the day. The cabinet chief of the Udine police station, Giovanni Belmonte, told the Associated Press news agency that Sollecito would be allowed to go later in the day.
Sollecito is free to move within Italy until the verdict is confirmed, normally the task of the supreme Court of Cassation. 'Frightened'
Lawyers for both Knox and Sollecito have said they will appeal to the Court of Cassation. Knox and Sollecito were jailed for Miss Kercher's murder in 2009 but the verdicts were overturned in 2011 and the pair were freed.
However, the acquittals were themselves overturned last year by the Court of Cassation, which returned the case to the Florence court.
The court on Thursday made no requests for limits on Knox's movements.
Legal experts say it is unlikely Italy will request Knox's extradition until the verdict is confirmed.
They say that if Italy puts in a request, the US would have to decide whether the case fell under their mutual extradition treaty. Political considerations could also come into play, they say.
In a statement issued after the verdict, Knox said: "I am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict.
"Having been found innocent before, I expected better from the Italian justice system."
In a news conference on Friday, Miss Kercher's brother, Lyle, said he believed extradition would be appropriate "if someone has been found guilty and convicted of a murder, and if an extradition law exists between those two countries".
Meredith's sister, Stephanie, said: "I think we are still on a journey for the truth and it may be the fact that we don't ever really know what happened that night."