Jill Dando

Jill Dando   (Journalist, television presenter, newsreader)
Born	Jill Wendy Dando 1961-11-09 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Died	1999-04-26 (Age 37) Fulham, London, England
Alma mater	South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education
Religion	Baptist
Victim of	murder
A high profile BBC TV presenter shot dead in front of her house.

Murder

Jill Dando was shot dead with a single bullet to the head.

Witness

Barry Lindsey, the last person to see Jill Dando alive, claimed in 2013 that detectives ignored his evidence, stating "We are looking at a local guy over this murder. He is called Barry George".

False conviction

A local man with a history of sex offences, Barry George, was charged and found guilty, but was freed on appeal after serving 8 years.

VIPaedophile connection?

It was reported in 2014 that Jill Dando had received reports of a paedophile ring in the BBC and passed a file on the matter to senior management in the mid-1990s, and that some female workmates had told her that they had been groped or assaulted. However it turned out that that "no one wanted to know" and an investigation was never carried out.

Weblinks

A four part investigation into the Jill Dando murder by Richard Hall that covers many lesser known aspects of the surrounding circumstances at the point of her death.

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