Judge only court 'would have led to Dando acquittal' 

    The head of one of Britain's leading prosecution bodies has said
    she believed that Barry George, sentenced to life last July for
    the murder of the TV presenter Jill Dando, would never have
    been convicted if he had been tried by a judge alone, because
    the evidence against him was so weak. 

    [ Rosalind Wright, director of the serious fraud office ]

    Ms Wright, 58, has had a long career as a senior prosecutor,
    not just in fraud cases. She has headed the serious fraud office,
    which prosecutes the most serious cases of financial crime,
    since 1997, but much of her earlier career was spent in the
    office of the director of public prosecutions, forerunner of the
    crown prosecution service, where she rose to be assistant
    director. 

    In an interview with the Guardian, Ms Wright said [re "the Jill Dando case"] -

    "I think if that defendant had elected for trial by judge alone, he would
     have been acquitted. I think the evidence was very weak. There is an 
     element with juries that they are influenced by the nature of the crime,
     rather than the evidence."

    Clare Dyer, legal correspondent
    Tuesday October 16, 2001
    The Guardian 
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    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_688989.html?menu=
    Barry George insists he did not murder TV star Jill Dando.

    George says he believes an underworld figure killed Miss
    Dando and fears it is just a matter of time before he is killed
    in order to silence him.

    Story filed: 23:22 Saturday 12th October 2002 
 

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