Second appeal for George since conviction

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.

His first challenge to his conviction was rejected by the Court of Appeal in July 2002.

Yesterday’s proceedings follow a decision by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, an independent body which investigates possible miscarriages of justice, to refer George’s case back to the Court of Appeal after a “thorough and intensive review”.