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| Alleged killer 'never saw Dando' | Alleged killer 'never saw Dando' |
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| Barry George, the man accused of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando, told police he had never met her, his trial at the Old Bailey has heard. | Barry George, the man accused of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando, told police he had never met her, his trial at the Old Bailey has heard. |
| In a video-taped interview, he said: "I have never seen Jill Dando in the flesh in any shape or form". | In a video-taped interview, he said: "I have never seen Jill Dando in the flesh in any shape or form". |
| The interview took place at Hammersmith police station, west London, after Mr George's arrest more than a year after the killing in Fulham, west London. | The interview took place at Hammersmith police station, west London, after Mr George's arrest more than a year after the killing in Fulham, west London. |
| Mr George, 48, denies murdering the Crimewatch presenter on 26 April, 1999. | Mr George, 48, denies murdering the Crimewatch presenter on 26 April, 1999. |
| Mr George sees a photo of himself with a gun and says he does not know where it is now | |
| The court also heard Mr George admit he had been lying when he claimed to be the cousin of Queen singer Freddie Mercury. | The court also heard Mr George admit he had been lying when he claimed to be the cousin of Queen singer Freddie Mercury. |
| Asked if he was his cousin, Mr George replied: "No, not in any sense of the word or meaning." | Asked if he was his cousin, Mr George replied: "No, not in any sense of the word or meaning." |
| He added that he had been "merely exaggerating" when he wrote in a condolence speech that he had been present when Miss Dando had interviewed Mercury. | He added that he had been "merely exaggerating" when he wrote in a condolence speech that he had been present when Miss Dando had interviewed Mercury. |
| Asked again if he had met Miss Dando, Mr George said: "Never ever in my entire life." | Asked again if he had met Miss Dando, Mr George said: "Never ever in my entire life." |
| Mr George, of Fulham, is being retried, having first faced trial for the killing in 2001. | Mr George, of Fulham, is being retried, having first faced trial for the killing in 2001. |