Dando case evidence shows no link, court told

The Crown’s claim that it had a compelling and powerful case against Barry George, the man jailed for life for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, was a ‘‘misdescription’’, the Court of Appeal was told today.

‘‘It is in fact the reverse,’’ George’s counsel, Michael Mansfield QC, told the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, sitting with Mr Justice Curtis and Mr Justice Henriques.