It's a case that has been going on for years now, with surprising twists and turns that has kept the public captivated. In the most recent turn of events in the Amanda Know murder case, Amanda Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty, after being found not guilty earlier.
Because of these new developments, Raffaele Sollecito and his legal team have started a new defense tactic: that of distancing the young man from his former girlfriend. Whereas before, Amanda and Raffaele were pictured to be fighting for their innocence together, Raffaele has now taken a new stand. The two legal teams defending Amanda and Raffaele respectively are now preparing to appeal the murder convictions before Italy's Supreme Court. This is the latest to come out in the Amanda Knox murder case update over the last seven years.
It will be recalled that the case involves a 21 year old British student named Meredith Kercher, who was killed in the bedroom she was staying at in Perugia Italy. The main suspects became Meredith's American roommate Amanda Knox and her then Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito.
Since then the media has seesawed between portraying Amanda Knox as a manipulative killer, to an innocent college co-ed who is the victim of the ruthless Italian media. This has resulted in two decisions from the Italian court, one in which she and her ex boyfriend were found guilty in 2009, a decision that was then oveturned, until this January when they were found once again guilty. The latest conviction has Raffaele Sollecito devastated. "This has been a real tragedy," he said. "I'm not a criminal."
He has also stated that he views this fight for his innocence as separate from Amanda now. Raffaele's lawyer Giulia Bongiorno said that the two are not one person. "They are not Siamese twins -- one body with two heads," she said. His other lawyer insists that the cases against Amanda and Raffaele be tried separately. "It's imperative that the Italian courts consider Raffaele's case separate from Amanda's case," he said. "By necessity, he has to distance himself and his case from Amanda and her case."
