Man seeks compo over quashed Dando conviction

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.

Unemployed Barry George, 51, of Fulham, west London, was cleared of killing the 37-year-old BBC presenter following a re-trial but two years ago failed in an attempt to gain compensation from the Ministry of Justice.

Britain’s Supreme Court has redefined the legal meaning of what constituted a “miscarriage of justice” after debating when compensation should be paid to people wrongly convicted of crime.