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BARRY GEORGE WINS APPEAL OVER DANDO MURDER
Barry George has won his second appeal
Thursday November 15,2007
By Julia White for express.co.uk
BARRY GEORGE has won his appeal against his conviction for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando
He will now face a retrial.
George, now 47, was present at the Court of Appeal as the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, and two other senior judges allowed the appeal.
In July 2001 George was sentenced to life for shooting the 37-year-old BBC News, Crimewatch and Holiday presenter on the steps of her home in Fulham, south west London, in April 1999.
He appealed against this ruling a year later but lost.
This new appeal centres on fresh scientific evidence relating to a tiny speck of gun residue found in George’s coat after his arrest a year after the shooting.
William Clegg QC, for George, argued the firearm evidence carried "zero or neutral" evidential weight in the case.
The result of today's appeal brought disappointment to Jill Dando's fiance Alan Farthing.
He said: "I am disappointed, particularly for those of us who have suffered the tragedy of losing a loved one prematurely.
“We all cope in our various ways and have had to move on with our lives.
“Therefore I have great sympathy for those who will now have to take emotional steps back in time to recall again, in detail, their involvement in this tragic case.
BARRY GEORGE WINS APPEAL OVER DANDO MURDER
15.11.07, 12:00pm
I cannot see why an innocent man should stay in prison just to please the friends & family of Jill Dando, the right person should pay, not just anybody. as hard as it is for them, imagine how hard it has been for Barry George & HIS family!.
• Posted by: Hamsterman • Report Comment
NOT BEFORE TIME!
15.11.07, 11:45am
Let us hope that the re-trial goes the right way for this unfortunate fall guy and should this be so, it would be excellent if the Judge made an order that the Police now carry out a more thorough investigation without the tunnel vision they had previously and do away with the foreign political fear etc and have a crack at finding the supposed Balkan
Connection together with the Professional Assassin that carried out the job?
• Posted by: saxon • Report Comment
ABOUT TIME
15.11.07, 10:49am
nuff said
• Posted by: trapeaski • Report Comment
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