D Paterson
Published: 2019-08-17
Total Pages: 56
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Jill Wendy Dando, born on 9th November 1961, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK, was a journalist, TV presenter and newsreader, who was the 1997 BBC Personality of the Year. At the time of her death, she was the presenter of the BBC programme Crimewatch. On 26 April 1999, Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham, London. A local man, Barry George, was convicted and imprisoned for the murder in July 2001 but was later acquitted after a retrial, in August 2008, following a third appeal. The theory that the murder was a Bosnian-Serb retaliation for the NATO bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia headquarters, on 23 April 1999, was initially dismissed by police, but has since been given more credence. The case remains open.