Met Police re-examine CCTV in unsolved Jill Dando murder case
The Met Police are re-examining CCTV footage from Putney Bridge station using new enhancement technology, 27 years after the BBC presenter's murder.
The Metropolitan Police are re-examining CCTV footage from Putney Bridge station in connection with the unsolved murder of BBC presenter Jill Dando, 27 years after she was killed.
Dando, 37, was shot dead on the doorstep of her home in Gowan Avenue, Fulham, west London, on 26 April 1999. The investigation remains ongoing.
The footage shows an unidentified man, known as Man X, captured at Putney Bridge station, around a mile from Dando’s home, about 20 minutes after she was shot, according to the Scottish Sun.
In a statement, the Met said: “In the 27 years since Jill Dando’s murder, the investigation has been subject to numerous reviews, aiming to identify whether matters could be progressed with advances in technology and forensics. Recent advancements in CCTV enhancement technology have provided investigators with the opportunity to re-examine original footage from Putney Bridge train station. This remains ongoing.”
The Sun reports that cold-case officers spent around 10 months finding and digitising the original footage, which was believed to be buried among 223 boxes of police material.
The Daily Mirror, which first reported the development, has claimed the footage could show Serbian paramilitary figure Milorad Ulemek, known as Legija, a theory based on a facial-comparison expert’s analysis. The Met has not named Ulemek as a suspect.
Barry George was convicted of Dando’s murder but cleared at a retrial in 2008.
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