{"id":214780,"date":"2023-09-26T17:26:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=214780"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:26:38","slug":"inside-life-of-barry-george-who-was-wrongly-convicted-of-jill-dandos-murder-and-spent-8-years-in-jail-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/inside-life-of-barry-george-who-was-wrongly-convicted-of-jill-dandos-murder-and-spent-8-years-in-jail-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside life of Barry George who was wrongly convicted of Jill Dando's murder and spent 8 years in jail | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

BARRY George has tried to build a new life after spending eight years behind bars when wrongly convicted of Jill Dando's murder.<\/p>\n

George, who moved to Ireland after being freed, features in a new Netflix documentary Who Killed Jill Dando? about the TV star's death.<\/p>\n


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He was seen in a trailer ahead of the series being released, saying: "It makes me angry that they have taken eight years of my life."<\/p>\n

George, now 63, was found guilty in July 2001 of murdering 37-year-old Dando who was shot dead outside her home in Fulham, south-west London, on April 26 1999.<\/p>\n

But his conviction was overturned in August 2008 after a retrial.<\/p>\n

One of his lawyers Jeremy Moore said George's first words after being cleared were: "I cannot believe it."<\/p>\n

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Mr Moore read a statement from his client outside the Old Bailey in London at the time, saying: "I am overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

"I want to thank my family, legal team, and all the people who have supported me in prison and around the country."<\/p>\n

His sister Michelle Diskin, who helped challenge the original conviction, said: "We have been fighting for many years.<\/p>\n

"Now we need time together to be a family again."<\/p>\n

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Another of George's defence barristers has now said he doesn't believe the murder of the BBC's Crimewatch and Holiday presenter Dando will ever be solved.<\/p>\n

William Clegg also insisted George was innocent, saying he would have made "a very improbable assassin".<\/p>\n

Mr Clegg told Metro: "He was somebody who I don\u2019t think had the intelligence to be able to have pulled off such a professional assassination.<\/p>\n

"I mean, it was quite a meticulously-planned shooting."<\/p>\n

Mr Clegg added he thought it "would be very unlikely after all this time for the real killer to be apprehended".<\/p>\n

At the time of the murder George lived less than half a mile away from Dando's home.<\/p>\n

Cops began monitoring him in May 2000, finding he had a history of stalking women, sexual offences and other anti-social and attention-seeking behaviour.<\/p>\n

It was alleged during his first Old Bailey trial that a minute \u00adparticle of gunshot residue found in his pocket came from the murder weapon.<\/p>\n

But by 2008 the idea a particle so small could be used as evidence had been discredited.<\/p>\n

He was acquitted on the basis that evidence in the original trial couldn\u2019t be taken into consideration.<\/p>\n

No one else has been charged with the murder.<\/p>\n

'LIVING IN FEAR'<\/h2>\n

George has since revealed he still lived "looking over his shoulder" and did "not feel free" despite being cleared.<\/p>\n

He recalled in 2018: "I was living in fear – nobody should have to live like that."<\/p>\n

After being freed from prison he went to live in Cork in Ireland with his sister.<\/p>\n

He applied for compensation for wrongful imprisonment but his bid was rejected in 2013.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jill's brother Nigel Dando says he hopes the new three-part Netflix series could "prick the conscience of whoever did it" and prompt them to come forward.<\/p>\n

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The documentary may just jog somebody's conscience into coming forward and confessing that they were the person who pulled the trigger on the day in question.<\/p>\n

"My belief is that if they are alive, and they do have a conscience, that programmes like this may just prick the conscience of whoever did it.<\/p>\n

"There are also people around who may have some knowledge of this and I would say to them, it is never too late."<\/p>\n

At the time of her murder Jill had recently got engaged to her boyfriend Alan Farthing, a top gynaecologist who would later oversee the births of\u00a0Prince \u00adWilliam and Kate's\u00a0children.<\/p>\n

Various theories have been suggested to help solve the case.<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Police were contacted by a woman claiming the\u00a0IRA\u00a0were responsible for the murder.<\/p>\n

Other speculation has suggested it was a hit by a\u00a0London\u00a0underworld gang in revenge after Jill reported on them for Crimewatch.<\/p>\n

Another theory is that she was killed by Serbian warlords after fronting an appeal for Kosovan refugees.<\/p>\n

Recent reports have also raised the idea she was murdered on the orders of a Russian mafia don after he she rejected his advances while filming a holiday show in Cyprus.<\/p>\n

It has also been suggested in French court documents that Jill was murdered by a Russian hitman in a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n

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