Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of the British TV presenter Jill Dando, is to fight a test case for compensation.

THE man who had his conviction for the murder of Jill Dando quashed after prosecution evidence was called into question is to make a new claim for a British government payout in the wake of a compensation ruling by leading judges, his lawyer said.

BARRY George, who was acquitted of the murder of television presenter Jill Dando after spending eight years behind bars, won the first round of a legal battle this week over a decision that he is not entitled to compensation.

BARRY GEORGE, who was cleared of murdering Jill Dando, yesterday accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over claims that he was obsessed with TV personalities Cheryl Cole and Kay Burley.

Barry George, who was cleared of murdering Jill Dando, today accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over claims that he was obsessed with TV personalities Cheryl Cole and Kay Burley.

Scotland Yard has denied claims that scientists reviewing the murder of television presenter Jill Dando in south west London have found compelling new DNA evidence.

A TOP private Australian school is considering banning boys from playing rugby against some teams, fearing they could be seriously injured or even killed.

BARRY GEORGE, the man cleared of murdering Jill Dando, has accepted “substantial” libel damages over tabloid claims he was a stalker and could also have been a murderer.

Barry George, who was cleared of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando, accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages today over claims that he had pestered women he was obsessed with.

Barry George told detectives reviewing the Jill Dando murder inquiry that they will never find her killer.

TOP Scotland Yard detectives met to discuss the “next steps” in the Jill Dando murder investigation.

Barry George said tonight police would never catch Jill Dando’s killer as he spoke of his “astonishment” at being acquitted of murder.

Police in the UK will need fresh evidence or an arrest that reveals new links to another case to make a breakthrough in catching Jill Dando’s killer, an expert in forensic medicine said today.

Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando was deeply in love and planning to marry when she was gunned down on her doorstep.

TV presenter Jennie Bond today said the Jill Dando case was a “tragedy from every perspective”.

BARRY GEORGE said he was “overwhelmed” after he was cleared of the murder of Jill Dando.

CRIMEWATCH presenter Jill Dando was deeply in love and planning to marry when she was gunned down on her doorstep.

BARRY George is in line to become a millionaire in the wake of his eight-year battle to prove his innocence, experts said.

BARRY George stood trial for a second time for Jill Dando’s murder after the Court of Appeal decided his conviction was “unsafe”.

Barry George was today cleared at the Old Bailey of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando.

A jury was sent out today to consider its verdicts in the trial of Barry George, accused of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando.

THE meticulously planned killing of television presenter Jill Dando could be considered the “perfect crime” — but could not have been carried out by “local nutter” Barry George.

THE case built by police investigating the murder of Jill Dando showed celebrity-obsessed Barry George “and no other” could have killed her, jurors heard yesterday.

TELEVISION presenter Jill Dando could have been killed with a gun which cost just £55 (€69), the Old Bailey has heard.

A City trader told a court today that she saw Barry George acting suspiciously outside Jill Dando’s house hours before she was shot dead.

The man accused of being the stalker who murdered British TV presenter Jill Dando had shown interest in two James Bond actresses, the Old Bailey heard today.

A JURY at the trial of a man accused of murdering TV personality Jill Dando yesterday visited the doorstep where she was shot dead.

A MAN obsessed with celebrities and female television personalities murdered the popular BBC presenter Jill Dando in an unprovoked killing almost a decade ago, a court was told yesterday.

Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando was “deeply in love” and planning to marry when she was gunned down on her doorstep, a court heard today.

Potential jurors in the Barry George retrial in London were told today that they would be excluded if they knew murder victim Jill Dando.

CORK and Limerick relatives of Barry George who is accused of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando, will travel to the Old Bailey on June 3, when a retrial ordered by the court of appeal is due to commence.

JILL DANDO was at the peak of her career when she was shot dead in a London street in a crime that really did shock Britain.

Barry George today won his appeal against his conviction for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando.

BBC programme 'Rough Justice' is to be axed after 27 years, it emerged today.

BARRY George faces a wait to find out if his appeal against his conviction for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando has been successful.

THE case against Barry George for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando remains compelling, the prosecution told three appeal judges in England yesterday.

THIS IS Barry George’s second appeal over a jury’s 2001 verdict that he shot 37-year-old BBC News, Crimewatch and Holiday presenter Jill Dando on the steps of her home in Fulham, south-west London, in April 1999.

The jury that convicted Barry George of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando was misled by a microscopic speck of gunfire residue of “zero” importance, three appeal judges were told today.

THE Irish relatives of the man jailed for the murder of British television presenter Jill Dando have expressed cautious hope that he will be freed on appeal next week.

THE man convicted of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando was refused bail yesterday pending a second appeal in November.

The Irish man convicted of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando was today granted the right to a second appeal.

A decision will be announced today on whether to refer the case of the man convicted of killing Jill Dando to the Court of Appeal.

THE Omagh bomb trial was dramatically halted yesterday when the senior defence lawyer revealed he was unfit to proceed after leaving his sickbed.

Caroline O’Doherty talks to the sister of the man convicted for Jill Dando’s murder.