that that's a quote to lyle kercher, the brother of meredith kercher.cation they're looking to the appeal court, the supreme court as the last stage of the legal process for them to give their judgment on what the actual events were on that night that meredith kercher was killed. >> platmatthew, just stay with . stephanie was saying as we were saying before, everybody's life will be different and nobody will be getting off scot-free. >> we said all along we don't want the wrong people put away for a crime that they didn't commit. having said that as lyle said it may be a case of waiting another year now to get the truth and we can't decide that. we have to leave that up to the police and the forensics and the courts, so we just have to wait again really now. >> so stephanie kercher was saying that, matthew, eighth a question of waiting again but for knox and sollecito they've been behind four years now. knox is supposedly at the airport going to go back towards the united states. we'll go back to matthew chance, i understand the telephone line lost conn

i spoke to lyle kercher, meredith kercher's brother as he walked into court. wouldn't appear in court today. it would be too much for them. as they walked in, i said, how are you feeling? he said nervous. he looked absolutely exhausted and emotional. i think the kercher family had an idea that this conviction would be what is partially overturned. let's remember that. amanda knox and sollecito were found guilty of defamation, but acquitted on the other five charges, the two most important being rape, sexual assault, and murder. it's been the most extraordinary day here. it started 9:30 in the morning. the courthouse over my shoulder and it closed out around 10:00 at night. everybody is exhausted, we are exhausted. you can only imagine what families on both sides feel today. >> i can only imagine how excited and happy and thrilled they are that they got back their son, got back their daughter. it's a momentous moment for that family. let's not forget if you believe this decision by the jurors and judges today that they were innocent, these individuals are victi

i called out to lyle kercher, meredith's brother -- lest we fr forget there was a victim in all of thisshe was brutally raped and murdered -- i said, how do you feel? he said nervous. the family looked really, really emotional and very tired. some didn't expect the kerchers could be in this courthouse today when this decision was handed down. it will be handed down within the next few minutes. the knox family are there. their lawyers are there. we haven't seen sollecito, her former boyfriend, or amanda knox yet in the courthouse, but earlier on they were driven past what is -- let me show you -- a crowd of people. i mean, as far as the eye can see. i can see people way up here, most of the streets absolutely packed. you can see the media are here as are many, many, many people from what is a medieval city, the city of perugia here in central italy, which has really been thrown apart by this case since 2007. i was talking to many people today. they said they just want this case to be over. will it be over today? well, there are pretty much three choices, brooke, at this stage. the jury w

until yesterday, lyle and stephanie kercher thought justice had been served to hathr sister's killers>> we're left looking at this again and thinking how a decision that was so certain two years ago has been so emphatically overturned now. >> waiting another year now to get the truth. >> matthew chance is in perugia. and the family feels that they're back to square one in this case, don't they. >> reporter: they do. they've been very disappointed about the decision by the court here in perugia to overturn the murder convictions. because they said they thought the police investigation initially was very thorough. they were anxious of course to find the cull pretties behind the killing of meredith kercher the sister of lyle and stephanie. and the fact that these people have now been let out, the fact that hair murder convictions have been overturned, has opened all sorts of questions for them. like if there were other people involved in the killing of meredith back in 2007, who are they. are there still killers out there responsible for this terrible, terrible murder. these are the conc

. >> matthew, you also spoke with lyle kercher, the brother of murdered meredith kercher.a clip to play and then i have a question for you on the other side. >> as i said, we respected the decision of the original trial and we accept what was decided yesterday. we have the uppost respect for the decision of the court and we'll abide by that. >> so matthew, is the kercher family still, a, in italy? and, b, have they expressed any interest or desire of ever reaching out to the knoxes? >> reporter: no, they have not in italy. they have gone back on an airplane to london earlier this afternoon. in terms of whether they want to connect with the knoxes in any way, they say that they are not prepared to do that at this stage. there is a supreme court hearing that will ultimately decide whether this appeal is legitimate or not and whether it's overturned or upheld. what they are saying, until that whole legal process is over, they are not going to have any contact with the knoxes. they are going to keep their distance. they have been of the opinion as the police and prosecutors ha

. >> we heard from meredith kercher's family, particularly her sifter and brother. her brother lyle saying it had been impossible to counter what he described as the knox family's expensively constructed pr machine and meredith's sister stephanie said her sister's death has been hugely forgotten by all this. >> reporter: the accusations of a pr machine, we heard those in the arguments. that defected the case. many people argued that the original trial, there was a lot of reporting that may have colored that verdict. all that said, the family today of meredith kercher did hold the conference and we want to remind who the most important victim was. the kerchers have kept a low key presence during all this which is their right. they attend in court and they have not reached out perhaps in the way the knoxes have. we hear that and no one forgets that meredith kercher was the one whose life was taken in all of this. >> indeed. lester, a final question and i will come back to you later, i'm sure. you have been with members of the family and i have been following your reporting on this sto

lyle, apologies for that. one of the journalists at the press conference also who is very close to the kercher family also askedight sue like o.j. -- the o.j. victim did and arline's answer to that and that's the mother, of course, said she doesn't know. there are an awful lot of questions now for the kercher family, meantime, of course, a fantastic day for the knox family. we believe they are leaving rome just about now, within certainly the next hour or so. there was a flight out at 11 a local if, indeed, that is the flight they got to london where they will change to seattle. it's just about a half past 11 tonight. perugia, meantime, well, it just tries to get its act together and tries to forget what has been happening over the last four year, there is an awful lot of fury when the decision was handed down last night. a lot of protests here outside the courthouse. people were furious with the italian justice system shouting shame on italy for what had happened. so a lot of hurt here in perugia, some students telling me last night that if it wasn't knox and sollecito then who was it, of course, rudy guede, a

kercher. meredith's family has been arriving in italy throughout the day there. her mother, arlene, her sister, stephanie, her brother, lyle. we've also heard from their lawyer. i'm not sure if we're going to be hearing in english or in italian. okay. so they're speaking in italian right now. so obviously her family must be fluent, but this has obviously been something that's in many ways been put to the side, this family, amanda knox has been getting so much publicity over there and, of course, as an american student here as well. but in her very tearful, very emotional statement before the appeals court this morning meredith kercher is one of the things that she talked about, you know, that they were roommates, that they were close, and that she was somebody who would normally have been grieving for the loss of her roommate who was murdered. the kercher family, however, they have steadily stood by the prosecutor. they say her bedroom back home remains just how it was when she left for university before her death. her sister, who is 28 years old, still goes, she says, regularly to her room when -- as she did when her youn