Jill Dando was victim of professional hit claims former armed robber
dailyrecord.co.ukJill Dando was killed in a “professional hit”, a former career criminal claims.Noel “Razor” Smith, 37, an armed robber-turned-writer, is interviewed in a three-part Netflix series about the 1999 murder of the much-loved BBC Crimewatch host after he was serving time in HMP Belmarsh alongside Barry George, reports the Daily Mirror.George was wrongly convicted of the 37-year-old television presenter's murder in 2001, and arrived in jail after being charged.
However, he was unanimously acquitted seven years later, at a 2008 retrial.Asked if he had any clues on who really was behind the death, Smith says: “I don’t really want to talk about that for my own safety.
But there are rumours in the criminal world, let’s put it that way. It’s not who you would think and it’s not Barry George. It was a professional hit.”Asked if he could give any insight into why Dando was shot, he immediately shook his head and said: “No.
If I tell you why - you’d know who did it.”George was jailed and given a life sentence, largely because of a particle of gunshot residue found inside one of his jacket pockets.It was so small that it was not admissible at his retrial.
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