By Nick Pisa
Last updated at 5:01 PM on 7th January 2012
Freed Raffaele Sollecito has finally broken his romantic ties with former girlfriend Amanda Knox and found himself a new lover, it emerged today.
Sollecito, 27, was sensationally freed from jail three months ago along with Knox, 24, after they were cleared of the brutal sex murder of British student Meredith Kercher, 21.
There were reports the two were planning a romantic Christmas rendevouz in Knox's hometown, Seattle, but within weeks of being freed she was snapped with a former boyfriend.
'How to die of a heart attack in a few minutes...': Raffaele Sollecito's new girlfriend Annie Achille
For his part, Sollecito said he was no longer in love with her - describing their brief relationship as a 'seed that had been cruelly stamped on.'
Now it appears he has finally got over her after pictures emerged on Facebook of him kissing and cuddling Italian volleyball player Annie Achille, who is his distant cousin.
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Sollecito has written beneath pictures of her, 'I love you Annie'. On others he has commented how she is 'beautiful', and on another written: 'You take my breath away'.
In another photograph Annie, 26, is seen posing seductively and Sollecito has written underneath: 'How to die of a heart attack in a few minutes...'
Kissing cousins: Sollecito and Miss Achille pictured together in Facebook photos. They are distant relatives
Sollecito and Knox had both been in jail since 2007 when they were arrested and charged with the murder of Miss Kercher, who had been Italy as a foreign student for just two months.
She was found semi-naked and with her throat cut in the bedroom of the house she shared with Knox in the Italian hilltop town of Perugia, where she had been studying.
Sollecito and Knox were famously pictured kissing and cuddling by the house. In 2009 the pair were sentenced to 25 years and 26 years respectively for the murder.
In the weeks since their release the two have spoken regularly on Skype. But Sollecito has seen photographs of Knox hand in hand with her new boyfriend, guitarist James Terrano.
New love: Amanda Knox pictured with new boyfriend James Terrano
That kiss: Knox and Sollecito pictured kissing outside the Perugia home where Knox was murdered as police investigated the scene
Today on her Facebook page Annie posted a link to Italian news reports of the relationship with Sollecito.
Her site also reveals she is a fan of AC Milan football club and that he has been to see her play volleyball several times.
In her latest posting she wrote: 'Hurray! This year has started better than ever. There are lots of plans and a great desire to live. Happy 2012 to everybody.'
Today neither Sollecito or Annie were available for comment and messages to them via Facebook also went unanswered.
Gone but not forgotten: Meredith Kercher, of whose murder Knox and Sollecito were sensationally cleared three months ago
Sollecito's father, urology professor Francesco Sollecito, said: 'They are just in a normal relationship. He knew her already as she is a distant relative but we hardly ever met her.'
Knox and Sollecito were finally cleared of Miss Kercher's murder after a year-long appeal ended in October.
Last month in his report a judge slammed the original police investigation, saying officers had made dozens of mistakes when collecting evidence and had been far too aggressive in their treatment of her during initial questioning.
Police and prosecutors deny judge Claudio Pratillo Hellman's claims. They have already announced that they will take the case to the third and final appeal stage.
Italy's Supreme Court in Rome is expected to consider the case later this year but Knox and Sollecito are not obliged to attend and the decision will be based purely on 'paperwork' from both trials.
In 2008 Ivory Coast drifter Rudy Guede was jailed for 30 years after being found guilty of murdering and sexually assaulting Meredith, from Coulsdon, Surrey, but this has now been reduced to 16 years.
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Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083538/Raffaele-Sollecito-posts-pictures-new-girlfriend-Facebook-page.html?ITO=1490
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