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| Kercher murder: Sollecito found near Austria border | Kercher murder: Sollecito found near Austria border |
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| Italian police have found Raffaele Sollecito near the Austrian border after a court reinstated his guilty verdict for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher in 2007. | Italian police have found Raffaele Sollecito near the Austrian border after a court reinstated his guilty verdict for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher in 2007. |
| Sollecito's passport was confiscated but his lawyer said his client had never thought of fleeing. | Sollecito's passport was confiscated but his lawyer said his client had never thought of fleeing. |
| Sollecito was given 25 years and his 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. |
| Knox, who is in the US, said she would fight to avoid extradition to Italy. | |
| Meredith Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon in south London, was stabbed to death in the flat she shared with Knox in the college city of Perugia. | |
| The Kercher family lawyer said that justice had been done. | The Kercher family lawyer said that justice had been done. |
| At a news conference on Friday, Ms 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". | |
| His 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." | |
| In his first reaction to the decision, Raffaele Sollecito said he had not expected his conviction to be reinstated. | |
| "To me, all of this makes no sense, so I will fight until the end, also because we proved and we showed in many ways that I have nothing to do with this murder," he told NBC News. | |
| 'Flight danger' | 'Flight danger' |
| The travel ban on Sollecito was part of the verdict handed down 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". |
| He is free to move within Italy until the verdict is confirmed, normally the task of the supreme Court of Cassation. | |
| Lawyers for both Knox 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. | Sollecito had been in the courtroom in Florence earlier in the day on Thursday but was not there for the ruling. |
| Police reportedly found Sollecito with his girlfriend in a hotel in Venzone, about 40km (24 miles) from the Austrian border and also close to Slovenia, in the early hours of Friday. | |
| Venzone is 322km from Florence. | Venzone is 322km from Florence. |
| Italian media reported that Sollecito told police he had crossed into Austria during the day on Thursday - but had returned. | |
| 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 voluntarily to a police station in Udine. | He was taken voluntarily to a police station in Udine. |
| Sollecito's lawyer, Luca Maori, told Ansa news agency that his client had "never thought of fleeing and had given up his passport spontaneously". | |
| Mr Maori said his client was "stressed" on Thursday and had travelled to the Friuli area because his girlfriend lived there. | Mr Maori said his client was "stressed" on Thursday and had travelled to the Friuli area because his girlfriend lived there. |
| Ansa reported that investigators were considering whether Sollecito had shown the intention of fleeing, and if so could keep him in protective custody. | Ansa reported that investigators were considering whether Sollecito had shown the intention of fleeing, and if so could keep him in protective custody. |
| 'This is wrong' | 'This is wrong' |
| Amanda Knox appeared on ABC's Good Morning America programme in New York on Friday. | Amanda Knox appeared on ABC's Good Morning America programme in New York on Friday. |
| She said: "This has really hit me like a train. I did not expect this to happen." | She said: "This has really hit me like a train. I did not expect this to happen." |
| Knox, her voice regularly breaking, said she had listened as the judge read the verdict. | Knox, her voice regularly breaking, said she had listened as the judge read the verdict. |
| "I couldn't believe what I was hearing," she said, adding that her first reaction was: "No, this is wrong." | "I couldn't believe what I was hearing," she said, adding that her first reaction was: "No, this is wrong." |
| She added: "I will never go willingly back... I'm going to fight this to the very end." | She added: "I will never go willingly back... I'm going to fight this to the very end." |
| Knox said Sollecito was "vulnerable", adding: "I don't know what I would do if they imprisoned him. It's maddening." | Knox said Sollecito was "vulnerable", adding: "I don't know what I would do if they imprisoned him. It's maddening." |
| Knox and Sollecito were jailed for Miss Kercher's murder in 2009 but the verdicts were overturned in 2011 and the pair were freed. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |