My article is about the prosecution of Mr George for Jill Dando's murder. The article is titled Tiny trace from gun that points to Dando's killer.

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My article is about the prosecution of Mr George for Jill Dando’s murder. The article is titled Tiny trace from gun that points to Dando’s killer.

A TINY trace from the firing gun provided “compelling evidence” of the guilt of the man accused of murdering Jill Dando, the Old Bailey was told yesterday.

Forensic experts discovered a residue particle in a pocket of a blue cashmere that belonged to Barry George, the jury was told.  Orlando Pownall, for the prosecution said that the particle measuring one thousandth of a millimetre, was a close match to the particles on the murdered television presenter’s hair and coat.  

The jury also told that items from Mr George’s home highlighted his alleged fascination with the BBC and with celebrities.  These included a list of models and home addresses, photographs of Emma Freud and Anthea Turner, notes mentioning Dando, Olympic gymnast and Britt Ekland, the actress, a business card in Mr George’s assumed name Barry Balsara which had the name “ Dando” written across it, and undeveloped photographs that he appeared to have taken of his television while female presenters were on the screen.

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Mr George, 41, unemployed, form Fulham, West London, denies murdering Miss Dando, 37, outside her home in Gowan Avenue, Fulham, in April 1999.  

The court has been told that she was killed with a single shot through her head, probably as she crouched at her killer’s feet with the handgun pressed hard against the left side of her head.  There are no witnesses and the murder weapon was never found.

Mr Pownall said that the particle found in the inside right hand pocket of the coat probably came from the percussion primer residue from a primer ...

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