@Walter Hinteler,
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Okay, some of us primitive Europeans will have forced him to do so.
And thus forcing him to go back to Italy - where he is since a couple of days - again.
"Amanda Knox is secretly reunited with ex-lover Raffaele Sollecito in New York -
20 Jun 2013 08:18
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito back together
"But the passionate embrace between Amanda Knox and former lover Raffaele Sollecito raised some serious questions last night.
"Their tryst came just hours after they were ordered to return to Italy to face a retrial over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
"Italy’s top judges ruled the possibility that the 21-year-old died during a sex game that went wrong needed to be re-examined.
"And the move immediately cast doubt on whether the couple should be allowed to be in contact now they have been formally recalled.
"The pair, along with Knox’s mother, spent Tuesday visiting New York together – sparking rumours they have rekindled their romance.
"There was no sign of James Terrano, the loyal boyfriend Knox is reportedly living with in Seattle, Washington.
"An onlooker said: “They just looked like a normal couple who had been with each other a long time. Together with her mum they explored Manhattan and took the subway to get around.
“You only have to look at him to see he still holds a huge torch for Amanda. He clearly finds her captivating. When they hugged she closed her eyes as he gave her a tender kiss on her cheek.
“At one point he put his arm around her to help warm her up. They never once stopped chatting.
“It’s astonishing they are allowed to even talk to each other, let alone see one another, considering they are both suspects in a murder trial.”
"The pair spoke to each other in Italian and were chaperoned during the afternoon excursion by Knox’s mother Edda Mellas, who walked several yards behind everywhere they went.
"When confronted by the Mirror, Knox and Sollecito were cagey about their reunion.
"Knox refused to comment about the Italian court’s ruling.
"She also declined to confirm or deny reports that she planned to stay in the US and would not be returning to Italy to face justice.
"Sollecito, who also says he has no wish to go back, said: “We have everything to do now. We have a lot of planning.”
"Knox’s mother, Edda, added: “We need to speak to our lawyers.”
"The couple were reunited as Italy’s Supreme Court “faulted” the 2011 acquittal of Knox and Sollecito by the appeals court for the murder and sexual assault of room-mate Meredith.
"On Tuesday the court said the decision to release the pair was full of “deficiencies, contradictions and illogical” conclusions and ordered the new appeals court to look at all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill Meredith.
"Three months ago, the Court of Cassation overturned the couple’s acquittal which had seen Knox released after serving four years of a 26-year prison sentence.
"Knox, now 25, and her then boyfriend Sollecito were initially convicted and sentenced but a Perugia appeals court acquitted them after criticising virtually the entire case mounted by prosecutors.
"The court noted the murder weapon was never found, said that DNA tests were faulty and that prosecutors provided no murder motive.
"Drug dealer Rudy Guede, from the Ivory Coast, was convicted of the killing in a separate trial and is currently serving a 16-year sentence.
"In the 74-page Cassation ruling, the high court judges said they “had to recognise that he [Guede] was not the sole author” of the crime although judges agreed he was the “main protagonist”.
"They said the new appeal process would “not only demonstrate the presence of the two suspects in the place of the crime, but to possibly outline the subjective position of Guede’s accomplices”.
"It said possible motives ranged from a simple case of forced sex involving Meredith “to a group erotic game that blew up and got out of control”.
"In a trial that made headlines around the world, Knox – nicknamed Foxy Knoxy – said she was at Sollecito’s apartment having sex and watching a DVD with him when Meredith, from Coulsdon in Surrey, was killed.
"In a recent interview, in which she boasted about being proud of one-night stands and drug use, Knox defended her actions saying: “I think that everyone’s reaction to something horrible is different.”
"The interview was given as Knox cashed in on the trial by promoting her book, Waiting To Be Heard.
"The deal is reported to have earned her £2.6million. Sources close to 29-year-old Sollecito claim he still loves Knox and hopes they may get back together one day.
"When in November 2011 he announced they had split he said tearfully: “Our love was like a seed that was not allowed to grow because it was brutally stamped on.
"We were both victims of a cruel injustice and our relationship was overcome.”
"During the trial Sollecito, from Bari in southern Italy, claimed he was offered a secret deal by prosecutors to implicate the American undergraduate but said he never considered betraying her.
"He added: “She told me that she thinks that I’m a kind of hero, but I don’t think so.
"I did it because I know it’s the truth. It’s the good thing to do. It’s the only way for me.”
"Prosecution will be very interested: Legal view by Rocco Franco
It would not be against Italian law for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito to meet unless a specific ruling had been made by the court, which I believe is not the case.
"But their meeting may provide ammunition for the prosecution over the credibility of both suspects if either changes the lines of defence that they have maintained so far.
"The questions are: what was the reason for the pair getting together again after so long? And have they done so before?
"Italian prosecution lawyers may want to know if the case was discussed.
"But it would be very difficult for the two to change their versions of events having given such detail."
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/amanda-knox-secretly-reunited-ex-lover-1967203#ixzz2WqZoMWVr
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