UK UK - Jill Dando, 37, Fulham, London, 26 Apr 1999

[sl77]

That ledger says "replica" so how can someone use the ledger to claim it was a murder weapon?

Perhaps I'm missing something obvious??

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

That ledger says "replica" so how can someone use the ledger to claim it was a murder weapon?

Perhaps I'm missing something obvious??

Respectfully, all of this is clearly explained in the documentaries a number of us keep advising you to watch.

What BG called a "replica" wasn't a "replica" at all. It was a blank-firing starter pistol. The lead investigator and other experts go into detail about all of it in the documentaries.

 

[sl77]

Respectfully, all of this is clearly explained in the documentaries a number of us keep advising you to watch.

What BG called a "replica" wasn't a "replica" at all. It was a blank-firing starter pistol. The lead investigator and other experts go into detail about all of it in the documentaries.

Fair point but I have watched them, 4x from recollection (BBC one last week, ITV one with Julia Echington, one with an ex detective/investigator on Youtube and Netflix). The Netflix one was 3x 1 hour episodes. Unfortunately I don't remember every part.

I think the weakness in your argument is you're choosing the ledger as evidence, but then admitting some of the details are wrong. If he got "replica" wrong, he could quite easily have the gun model wrong too, which makes the ledger worthless.

In other words, we cannot pick & choose which parts of the ledger are correct/incorrect.

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

Fair point but I have watched them, 4x from recollection (BBC one last week, ITV one with Julia Echington, one with an ex detective/investigator on Youtube and Netflix). The Netflix one was 3x 1 hour episodes. Unfortunately I don't remember every part.

I think the weakness in your argument is you're choosing the ledger as evidence, but then admitting some of the details are wrong. If he got "replica" wrong, he could quite easily have the gun model wrong too, which makes the ledger worthless.

In other words, we cannot pick & choose which parts of the ledger are correct/incorrect.

It's not just random little old me saying this. It's not *my* argument. It's the investigators and experts who know what they're talking about who are saying this.

The gun model written on the ledger is the exact model of gun BG is holding in the photograph, according to Metropolitan Police firearms experts. Despite listing the gun under "replica's" (sic) BG does in fact note, in his own handwriting, "blank firing".

Whether it was written under "replicas" incorrectly, or whether it was an attempt at obfuscation because handguns had been illegal in England since 1996, I don't know. What I do know is that there's evidence in BG's own handwriting showing he had purchased that exact model of blank firing weapon; and there's a photograph of him holding exactly that model of weapon.

Without the photograph you might be able to argue the ledger was meaningless. Without the ledger you might be able to argue the photograph was meaningless. Together, they corroborate that BG was in possession of the exact model of gun which experts said could have been used to shoot Jill. One of only a small number of models which could have been.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The three-part series, which is set for release on September 26, takes an in-depth look at the unsolved murder of the celebrated BBC journalist, who was shot dead outside her London home in April 1999 at the age of 37.

In the brief teaser, Dando is described as a “TV Diana”, with prominent commentators discussing her glittering career and the impact of her murder.

It also features interviews with Barry George, the man who was wrongly convicted of Dando’s murder in September 2001. George, who lived locally to Dando in West London, was eventually acquitted in August 2008 after discrepancies with original evidence came to light.

Netflix shares first trailer for Jill Dando true crime documentary

The documentary takes an in-depth look at the murder of the celebrated BBC star.

uk.news.yahoo.com

 

[WestLondoner]

This is from August last year.

 

[CSIAngus]

The three-part series, which is set for release on September 26, takes an in-depth look at the unsolved murder of the celebrated BBC journalist, who was shot dead outside her London home in April 1999 at the age of 37.

In the brief teaser, Dando is described as a “TV Diana”, with prominent commentators discussing her glittering career and the impact of her murder.

It also features interviews with Barry George, the man who was wrongly convicted of Dando’s murder in September 2001. George, who lived locally to Dando in West London, was eventually acquitted in August 2008 after discrepancies with original evidence came to light.

Netflix shares first trailer for Jill Dando true crime documentary

The documentary takes an in-depth look at the murder of the celebrated BBC star.

uk.news.yahoo.com

Just taken out a Netflix subscription and having binged the series tonight, I remain convinced that Barry George did not murder Jill Dando. He's not clever enough to have done it and not admit to it. Michael Mansfield is rarely wrong. Unfortunately, like the Geordie Ripper, the investigators went down the wrong tunnel and became blind to what was staring themselves in the face. It was not a random murder, but a planned killing, and that's not Barry George. MOO

 

[CSIAngus]

Just taken out a Netflix subscription and having binged the series tonight, I remain convinced that Barry George did not murder Jill Dando. He's not clever enough to have done it and not admit to it. Michael Mansfield is rarely wrong. Unfortunately, like the Geordie Ripper, the investigators went down the wrong tunnel and became blind to what was staring themselves in the face. It was not a random murder, but a planned killing, and that's not Barry George. MOO

I also find it bizarre, given that the retrial jury acquitted Barry George and the Judge said that he has been found not guilty and is a free man, for him not to be given compensation for the 8 years of now found to be wrongful imprisonment. Compensation, like the law, should be equally applied. MOO