Man convicted of Dando murder refused bail pending appeal

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

Barry George, aged 47, heard in June the Criminal Cases Review Commission had referred his case to the Court of Appeal after “a thorough and intensive review”. At the Court of Appeal in London yesterday Mr Justice Treacy rejected an application for bail.

BBC presenter Ms Dando was shot dead on the doorstep of her home in Fulham, south-west London, in April 1999. Mr George was jailed for life in 2001 when a jury found him guilty of the murder by a majority verdict.