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| Barry George loses compensation bid over Jill Dando conviction | Barry George loses compensation bid over Jill Dando conviction |
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| Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, has lost his high court bid for compensation as a victim of a miscarriage of justice. | Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, has lost his high court bid for compensation as a victim of a miscarriage of justice. |
| Two judges rejected his claim that the justice secretary unfairly and unlawfully decided he was "not innocent enough to be compensated". | Two judges rejected his claim that the justice secretary unfairly and unlawfully decided he was "not innocent enough to be compensated". |
| Lord Justice Beatson and Mr Justice Irwin ruled on Friday that the secretary of state was "entirely justified in the conclusion he reached". | Lord Justice Beatson and Mr Justice Irwin ruled on Friday that the secretary of state was "entirely justified in the conclusion he reached". |
| George's solicitor, Nick Baird, said: "We are very disappointed with the judgment and we shall be applying for permission to leapfrog the court of appeal to have the matter heard before the supreme court." | George's solicitor, Nick Baird, said: "We are very disappointed with the judgment and we shall be applying for permission to leapfrog the court of appeal to have the matter heard before the supreme court." |
| George, 52, sought a reconsideration of his case which could have opened the way for him to claim an award of up to £500,000 for lost earnings and wrongful imprisonment. | George, 52, sought a reconsideration of his case which could have opened the way for him to claim an award of up to £500,000 for lost earnings and wrongful imprisonment. |
| But the judges ruled that he had "failed the legal test" to receive compensation. | But the judges ruled that he had "failed the legal test" to receive compensation. |
| Jill Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham in April 1999. George, of Fulham, west London, was convicted of the 37-year-old BBC presenter's murder in July 2001, but was acquitted at a retrial in August 2008. | Jill Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham in April 1999. George, of Fulham, west London, was convicted of the 37-year-old BBC presenter's murder in July 2001, but was acquitted at a retrial in August 2008. |
| Friday's high-profile compensation action was one of five test cases assembled to decide who is now entitled to payments in miscarriage of justice cases following a landmark decision by the supreme court in May 2011. | Friday's high-profile compensation action was one of five test cases assembled to decide who is now entitled to payments in miscarriage of justice cases following a landmark decision by the supreme court in May 2011. |
| Decisions in all five cases to refuse payouts were defended by the current justice secretary, Chris Grayling, in a three-day hearing last October. | Decisions in all five cases to refuse payouts were defended by the current justice secretary, Chris Grayling, in a three-day hearing last October. |
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