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Sollecito's DNA was on the clasp of the bra Meredith Kercher
wore on the night she was murdered, a Florence court said
Tuesday in its explanation of its decision to convict Sollecito
and his girlfriend Amanda Knox for the killing.
Sollecito's defence team had claimed Sollecito's DNA on
Kercher's severed bra clasp was due to crime-scene
contamination.
"The biological trace found on the clasp of the bra that
Meredith Kercher wore on the night she was murdered was left by
Raffaele Sollecito," the Florence judges wrote.
The explanation added that, therefore, the clasp "was
manipulated by accused on the evening of the murder".
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