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The Official Website of S. C. Lomax
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Barry George
I am proud to
have been a leading campaigner for Barry George who was wrongly convicted of
murdering the popular television presenter Jill Dando.
I am also proud to have been the first and only author who wrote and
published books highlighting this miscarriage of justice. With
Barry’s uncle I ran the Justice for Barry campaign group which was set
up in the early days of Barry’s life sentence. We campaigned on his
behalf over two appeals and a retrial. Being in court to hear the foreman of
the jury announce that Barry George was “not guilty” of murder
was a proud and emotional moment for me. I am proud to
have played a role in helping Barry regain his freedom by writing books and
articles, attending events across the country, speaking to the media and
promoting the campaign at every opportunity. In November 2007
Barry appealed against his conviction, with the judges overturning the murder
conviction on 15 November that year. I was in court to hear all the evidence
which entirely undermined the forensic evidence that had led to Barry George
with being charged with Jill Dando’s murder in the first place. The
judges ordered a retrial which began in June 2008. On 1 August 2008
I was in court to see Barry George freed by a unanimous ‘Not
Guilty’ verdict. Again, key evidence that had been used to convict him
originally was undermined and I was in court to witness much of the trial.
The prosecution’s case was eroded to the point that there was no case
to answer against him. It is now more than a decade since Jill Dando was shot dead on the
doorstep of her unlived in Fulham house. Now that we
have seen justice for Barry George, after 8 years of fighting against his
wrongful imprisonment, I hope that the true killer will be held to account
for his wicked crime of killing a woman in the prime of her life and allowing
an innocent man to go to prison for a crime he did not commit.
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