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Meredith Kercher family: We're still on journey to truth Meredith Kercher family: We're still on journey to truth
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The family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher have said they "are still on a journey to the truth" and may never know what happened to her.The family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher have said they "are still on a journey to the truth" and may never know what happened to her.
They were speaking after a court reinstated guilty verdicts against Amanda Knox and Raffaelle Sollecito. It comes after guilty verdicts were reinstated against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder.
The Italian court sentenced Knox to 28 years and six months, and Sollecito to 25 years, on Thursday, with their lawyers saying they would appeal. An Italian court sentenced Knox to 28 years and six months, and Sollecito to 25 years, on Thursday, with their lawyers saying they would appeal.
Meredith's family called for Knox to be extradited from the US.Meredith's family called for Knox to be extradited from the US.
It comes as police visited Raffaele Sollecito to enforce a travel ban. He was found between Udine and Tarvisio near the Slovenian and Austrian borders, Rai News reported. Reports suggest her Italian ex-boyfriend Sollecito is being held by police after he was found in Udine, near the Slovenian and Austrian borders.
Meredith's sister Stephanie told a press conference in Florence on Friday: "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, which is obviously something we'll have to come to terms with."Meredith's sister Stephanie told a press conference in Florence on Friday: "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, which is obviously something we'll have to come to terms with."
She added: "We hope that we are nearer the end so that we can just start to remember Meredith for who she was and draw a line under it, as it were."She added: "We hope that we are nearer the end so that we can just start to remember Meredith for who she was and draw a line under it, as it were."
'Kicking and screaming''Kicking and screaming'
Her brother Lyle Kercher 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".Her brother Lyle Kercher 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".
Knox has said she will only be extradited to Italy from the US "kicking and screaming". Knox, 26, has said she will only be extradited to Italy from the US "kicking and screaming".
In a statement, she said she was "frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict".
Sollecito's lawyer, Luca Maori, said his client had heard the verdict on TV and looked "annihilated".
Sollecito had earlier been at the court, which imposed a travel ban on the 29-year-old and ordered that his passport be revoked.
As part of the ruling, Knox and Sollecito were also ordered to pay damages to Miss Kercher's family.
The family's lawyer, Francesco Maresca, called the verdict "justice for Meredith and the family".
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.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.
Knox and Sollecito, 29, were jailed for her murder in 2009 but the verdicts were overturned in 2011 and the pair were freed.Knox and Sollecito, 29, were jailed for her 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 of Cassation will now hear the defendants' appeals.The Court of Cassation will now hear the defendants' appeals.
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In Italy, verdicts are not considered final until they are confirmed, usually by the Court of Cassation.In Italy, verdicts are not considered final until they are confirmed, usually by the Court of Cassation.
Legal experts say it is unlikely Italy will request Knox's extradition until then.Legal experts say it is unlikely Italy will request Knox's extradition until then.
A travel ban was imposed on Sollecito as part of the verdict handed down by the court. Knox is currently studying for a degree in creative writing at the University of Washington, and lives in her hometown of Seattle.
He had been in court earlier in the day on Thursday but was not there for the ruling. Rudy Guede, from the Ivory Coast, was convicted of Miss Kercher's murder in 2008, and sentenced to 16 years in prison. The verdict specified that he did not commit the crime alone.
Sollecito's lawyer, Luca Maori, said his client had heard the verdict on TV and looked "annihilated". Prosecutors sought to prove Miss Kercher had died in a sex game involving Knox and Sollecito that went wrong.
They have since alleged that the murder resulted from a heated argument over cleanliness in the Perugia apartment.