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The gunman who shot the TV presenter Jill Dando outside her home used a cartridge which was marked in a unique way, the detective leading the inquiry said yesterday.
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''Presenting the first significant piece of fresh evidence for several weeks, Detective Chief Inspector Hamish Campbell said
forensic analysis of the brass cartridge found at the scene showed it had six parallel indentations around the mouth of the casing. The markings are unlike any other on police files in the UK. Officers have checked with counterparts in Europe, but failed to find a match.
During a press conference at Scotland Yard, Mr Campbell said
the marks, possibly made with a drawing pin or small chisel, could have been the killer's trademark, but it is more likely that they were made to keep the bullet firmly in place.''
"It sounds like the ammunition has been assembled by an amateur who does not have the proper equipment to hand," said Mr Spencer. "But the killer may not be the man who prepared the cartridge, so it would be wrong to read too much into this."
''It is also feasible that the person who assembled the ammunition was using cartridges which had already been fired.''
''The circumstantial evidence has steered detectives towards two contrasting theories - Miss Dando was killed by a lone, obsessive stalker, or was shot by a hitman.
One detective in the 42-strong murder squad ruled out reports that the gunman was a former member of the SAS, or was linked to the Israeli secret service, or that the killer had fled to Belgium.''
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