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In 2007, Raffaele Sollecito was a young student of computer science. However, four years in prison have left deep scars

Raffaele Sollecito 25 years for the conviction of the Meredith Kercher murder was overturned by a court in Perugia on Monday night, his father hit the air in triumph. Seconds later, Francesco Sollecito moved to provide support for Meredith Kercher sister, brother and mother, who sat motionless caught in the middle of the fight, inch, where families were Amanda Knox and Sollecito kissing and crying.

"I realized it was a beautiful day for us, but not for them," said Francesco del

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. "I had my son, but not their daughter. I tried to talk to them, give them moral support, knowing that there might be another chance, but his lawyer intervened. All I can say is that if you need to contact me, I'll be there. "

The acquittals of Sollecito, 27, and his former girlfriend Knox, 24, leaving a man in prison for the fatal stabbing of Kercher's room in the house she shared with Knox on November 1, 2007. However, Rudy Guede, the Ivory Coast-born vagabond and petty thief who is serving 16 years for his role in the murder, Knox and Sollecito still maintains he killed Kercher while he was in the room bathing.

After the acquittals Knox took the stage, giving a press conference after his return to America, but Sollecito was taken quietly at the house where her family of Apulia, who spent this week closely, concerned that the prison has left a shadow of itself. "The impact was terrible and my son is trying to meet, but he became more introverted," says his father.

"Four years left large scars," said the stepmother of Raffaele, Mara Papagni.

four years ago, Sollecito was a student sexually inexperienced IT, the son of a wealthy South urologist, who left a student accommodation in Perugia in his own apartment before starting a romance with Knox only to be arrested for murder horrible day.

"After his release, he was brought home on Monday night, has had at least 5:30 ET remained until 3 o'clock the next morning on his feet for nearly 48 hours "said Papagni." He used to do simple things like going to the fridge and use without asking permission, "said his father.

Sollecito said that there had been no contact between Knox and his family since the verdict and ruled out a meeting between page grabs Knox and his son in the near future. "We have other priorities," he said. "We have not had an invitation to visit them, but we like to talk to them," said Papagni. "I send my best wishes." " / Aa>
After his parents separated in late 1990, Raffaele lived with his mother while his father met Papagni in 1995 and moved with her. Two years after leaving to study in Perugia in 2003, his mother died. Among the studies of the southern Italian man would telephone his father. In late October 2007 began to get excited about an American girl he had met at a concert of classical music.