Jill Dando murder: Detectives review enhanced CCTV in new hope for cold case
Detectives are digitally enhancing 27-year-old CCTV to identify Man X and test a possible link to the unsolved killing, police said.
- The Metropolitan Police have launched a new review into the 1999 murder of Jill Dando, utilizing enhanced CCTV footage from Putney Bridge Tube station to investigate the unsolved case 27 years after the BBC presenter was shot dead on her Fulham doorstep.
- A three-year Daily Mirror investigation identified similarities between an unidentified man and Milorad Ulemek, a Serbian paramilitary commander serving a 40-year sentence, prompting police to re-examine the case.
- Cold-Case officers spent ten months digitizing original CCTV footage, which includes a man seen sprinting 20 minutes after the shooting near Fulham; a witness previously reported seeing a man in a suit "running for his life" at the scene.
- The Met warned this review is part of "ongoing inquiries and should not be interpreted as a significant line of inquiry nor as a new investigation being opened on this matter," tempering expectations.
- Barry George, who was wrongly convicted of Dando's murder in 2001, was acquitted in 2008 following a retrial; the high-profile case has remained officially unsolved for 27 years.
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Great Yorkshire RadioPolice to re-examine CCTV footage in Jill Dando unsolved murder case after advances in 'enhancement technology'
The TV presenter was killed aged 37 outside her home in Fulham, west London, in 1999. An unidentified figure, dubbed "Man X", was seen in video from Putney Bridge station.
The man in the video is wearing a suit and tie. He was caught on camera at Putney Bridge London Underground station on April 26, 1999, about twenty minutes after British television presenter Jill Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham. The man became known to the public as "Man X," but 27 years later his identity remains unknown and the murder unsolved. Now, new technology is said to be giving investigators a new perspective on the case.
British police have launched a new investigation into the murder of BBC presenter Jill Dando, 27 years after the crime remains unsolved. Investigators are reviewing security camera footage from Putney Bridge tube station in London, where a suspect was filmed about 20 minutes after Dando was shot dead near her home. The footage has been reviewed thanks to new advances in image processing technology. Police hope to more clearly establish the ident…
Police re-examining CCTV footage in Jill Dando murder case
Advances in ‘CCTV enhancement technology’ have allowed detectives to return to 27-year-old footage of Putney Bridge tube station, the Met said. Police are reviewing old CCTV footage in the unsolved murder of BBC broadcaster Jill Dando. Advances in “CCTV enhancement technology” have allowed detectives to return to 27-year-old footage of Putney Bridge Underground station, Scotland...
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