Dando killer to appeal conviction

The man convicted of killing television presenter Jill Dando is to appeal against his conviction, his lawyer has said.

Barry George, 41, of Fulham, west London, will make the appeal as soon as possible, based mainly on identification evidence, his solicitor Marilyn Etienne said on Monday.

George was sentenced to life imprisonment this month after an Old Bailey jury found him guilty of murdering the celebrity on the doorstep of her home in Gowan Avenue, Fulham in April 1999.

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