Sollecito may seek compensation after Kercher murder acquittals


  • World
  • Tuesday, 31 Mar 2015

Raffaele Sollecito arrives to lead a news conference in Rome March 30, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi

ROME (Reuters) - Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito may seek reparations after his second acquittal for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher brought to an end a marathon journey through Italy's justice system.

The tortuous zigzag of contradictory rulings that followed Kercher's stabbing in the town of Perugia has underlined the slowness and unpredictability of Italian law, which numerous governments have failed to fix.

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