Netflix’s next true crime series is all about the life and tragic unsolved death of Jill Dando, one of Britain’s most beloved TV presenters.
“Parts of the [Line Of Duty] plot seem to draw on the Jill Dando murder and the subsequent arrest of an ‘oddball’ with a fascination for celebrities, firearms residue found, a hitman-style killing,” tweeted former BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw at the time, noting the similarities between Vella and Dando’s deaths.
Barry George, as mentioned already, was convicted and imprisoned for the murder, but after eight years in prison, he was acquitted following an appeal and retrial. In 2012, the Serbian ‘warlord’ Arkan was named as a suspect in the case, although he had died in 2000. And it is of course worth noting that, in 2014, a former colleague of Dando’s came forward and said she was trying to expose a VIP paedophile ring just months before her death., they said that Dando had raised concerns to her BBC bosses about allegations of sexual abuse happening at the corporation.
“I don’t recall the names of all the stars now and don’t want to implicate anyone, but Jill said they were surprisingly big names. “I think she was quite shocked when told about images of children and that information on how to join this horrible paedophile ring was freely available.”In the same interview, the unnamed colleague added: “Jill said others had complained to her about sexual matters and that some female workmates also claimed they had been groped or assaulted.A BBC spokesman said they would always investigate any allegations of this nature, but added: “We’ve not seen anything that substantiates these claims.
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