Former lovers Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were tonight found guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher at a court in Perugia, Italy.

Former lovers Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were tonight found guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher at a court in Perugia, Italy.

Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison and Sollecito to 25 years.