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| George denies Jill Dando murder | George denies Jill Dando murder |
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| Barry George has pleaded not guilty to the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando in 1999. | Barry George has pleaded not guilty to the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando in 1999. |
| Mr George, 47, was sentenced to life for the shooting of Miss Dando, 37, outside her west London home, but he has always denied his involvement. | Mr George, 47, was sentenced to life for the shooting of Miss Dando, 37, outside her west London home, but he has always denied his involvement. |
| The Court of Appeal quashed his 2001 conviction and ordered a retrial. | The Court of Appeal quashed his 2001 conviction and ordered a retrial. |
| The judge at the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Gross, said Mr George, of Fulham, west London, would face a new trial on 2 June next year. | |
| Mr George was sentenced in July 2001 to life imprisonment after an Old Bailey jury found him guilty by a majority of 10 to one. | |
| The Court of Appeal ruled last month that the jury's guilty verdict six years ago was unsafe because of new scientific doubts over gunshot discharge residue evidence. |