AP Exclusive: Knox boyfriend maintains innocence in new book, admits some behaviour was bizarre

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FILE - This Nov. 2, 2007 file photo shows Amanda Marie Knox, of the U.S., left, and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, of Italy, outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy. Sollecito, whose budding love affair with American exchange student Amanda Knox helped land him in an Italian prison for four years, maintains the couple\'s innocence in a new book but acknowledges that their sometimes bizarre behavior after her roommate\'s killing gave police reason for suspicion. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File)

SEATTLE – The young man whose budding love affair with American exchange student Amanda Knox helped land him in an Italian prison for four years maintains the couple’s innocence in a new book, but acknowledges their sometimes bizarre behaviour after her roommate’s killing gave police reason for suspicion.

Raffaele Sollecito and Knox were imprisoned for the November 2007 death of Meredith Kercher at Knox’s apartment in Perugia, north of Rome. An appeals court overturned their conviction and freed them last fall. Sollecito’s book, “Honor Bound,” is due out Sept. 18. The Associated Press purchased a copy Tuesday.

In it, he describes the early days of their relationship, the horror of Kercher’s slaying and the misunderstandings that swept them up in the case.

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