Jury in Dando case 'was misled over residue evidence'

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.

George, now 47, was in the dock of the London courtroom to hear argument on his behalf that too much weight was placed during his 2001 Old Bailey trial on the significance of the finding of a single particle on his coat following his arrest.