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| Dando accused 'paid £55 for gun' | Dando accused 'paid £55 for gun' |
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| The man accused of killing television presenter Jill Dando admitted buying a gun for £55, a jury has heard. | The man accused of killing television presenter Jill Dando admitted buying a gun for £55, a jury has heard. |
| In a police interview shortly after his May 2000 arrest, Barry George had said he had bought a Bruni 8mm blank-firing automatic weapon, the court heard. | In a police interview shortly after his May 2000 arrest, Barry George had said he had bought a Bruni 8mm blank-firing automatic weapon, the court heard. |
| But he had denied the gun had been modified to fire live rounds. "I can state categorically that it does not fire anything out," he told officers. | But he had denied the gun had been modified to fire live rounds. "I can state categorically that it does not fire anything out," he told officers. |
| Mr George, 48, denies murdering the Crimewatch presenter on 26 April 1999. | Mr George, 48, denies murdering the Crimewatch presenter on 26 April 1999. |
| Earlier, the jury heard that Mr George had been told by police his gun was of the kind that could have been used to kill Miss Dando, 37, on her doorstep. | Earlier, the jury heard that Mr George had been told by police his gun was of the kind that could have been used to kill Miss Dando, 37, on her doorstep. |
| Starting pistol | Starting pistol |
| During the interview, carried out at Hammersmith police station, Mr George had said he had written an entry in a notebook about a "GI 45 8mm blank firing government automatic", the jury heard. | During the interview, carried out at Hammersmith police station, Mr George had said he had written an entry in a notebook about a "GI 45 8mm blank firing government automatic", the jury heard. |
| An officer had asked him: "The price, £55, is noted. Is that the price that you paid for the gun?" | An officer had asked him: "The price, £55, is noted. Is that the price that you paid for the gun?" |
| Mr George had replied: "It was in and around that price." | Mr George had replied: "It was in and around that price." |
| He had said he had thought he had bought the gun by mail order from a shop in Sussex, but had added he had not fired a gun of any sort for 10 years since letting off a starting pistol at a friend's flat. | He had said he had thought he had bought the gun by mail order from a shop in Sussex, but had added he had not fired a gun of any sort for 10 years since letting off a starting pistol at a friend's flat. |
| The defendant had also been shown a photograph of himself wearing a gas mask and holding the weapon, the jury heard. | The defendant had also been shown a photograph of himself wearing a gas mask and holding the weapon, the jury heard. |
| He had been asked by police: "Is that your gun?" | He had been asked by police: "Is that your gun?" |
| He had replied: "It's very difficult from the angle, sir, but I believe it to be the replica gun that I had, yes Sir." | He had replied: "It's very difficult from the angle, sir, but I believe it to be the replica gun that I had, yes Sir." |
| Prosecutors say the spring of the gun is exposed in the picture, proving it had been modified. | Prosecutors say the spring of the gun is exposed in the picture, proving it had been modified. |
| But Mr George had said: "I believe there was a spring type of thing, just for the thing to slide back, but I can state categorically that it does not fire anything out," the jury heard. | But Mr George had said: "I believe there was a spring type of thing, just for the thing to slide back, but I can state categorically that it does not fire anything out," the jury heard. |
| Earlier, jurors saw the defendant deny knowing the name of the road in which Miss Dando lived despite having visited a doctor's surgery four doors away from her home three years before the killing. | Earlier, jurors saw the defendant deny knowing the name of the road in which Miss Dando lived despite having visited a doctor's surgery four doors away from her home three years before the killing. |
| He agreed that a photograph found among thousands of undeveloped pictures of women in his flat had been taken outside the surgery. | He agreed that a photograph found among thousands of undeveloped pictures of women in his flat had been taken outside the surgery. |
| 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. |