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Line of Duty fans detect similarities between TV plot and 1999 Jill Dando murder

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THE investigation at the heart of Line Of Duty’s new series has given millions of viewers a grim case of deja vu. The latest head-spinning storyline has the fictional anti-corruption unit AC-12 probing an investigation into the killing of TV journalist Gail Vella.

And as episode two of the hit BBC1 thriller unfolded on Sunday night, it bore increasing similarities to the shocking real-life murder of popular telly host and newsreader Jill Dando in 1999.

Both Jill and Line Of Duty’s Gail were killed on their doorstep by a single shot to the head, believed to have been inflicted by a lone gunman.

Both were looking into the murky world of paedophilia among powerful figures. Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio has confirmed he draws inspiration.

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