Criminal Investigation Day - Jill Dando Case - 2021 PDF

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THE JILL DANDO INVESTIGATION Use this guide to record your notes about today’s event and keep it as a record of the skills and experience you develop today Together we will investigate the facts, evidence, and build a timeline of events surrounding the Jill Dando murder case.

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Over 22 years on, we will revisit what happened, explore what evidence was found and learn why the biggest murder enquiry conducted by the Metropolitan police at the time remains unsolved. We will discuss the media, society, and criminal justice system influence on the trial. You will develop vital skills for the workplace and further education, such as; debating, public speaking, logical thinking and cross-examination.

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Who was Jill Dando? Jill Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her television work included co-presenting the BBC One programme Crimewatch with Nick Ross. She was therefore a very well-known personality, and a household name.

The Murder The 37-year-old newsreader and Crimewatch presenter was shot once in the head on her doorstep in Fulham, west London, at 11.30am on 26 April 1999.

Write down all the details you learn about Jill Dando’s murder:

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CASE FILE: JILL DANDO Died: 26 April 1999 (aged 37) COD: Fatal Shooting Senior Investigating Officer Log The investigator should keep an auditable record of the reasons for taking a particular investigative action. Recording this information demonstrates the accountability and integrity of the investigative process and provides an invaluable resource for the initial or subsequent investigator and for the organisation. It also provides an overview of the investigation and can be used to record: • • • • •

investigative actions options preferred and considered and the rationale for each decision investigative strategies used risk assessments resource considerations briefing and debriefing

Key evidence

Main line of Enquiry/ Suspects (reasons based on evidence)

Decision and reason

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FINAL MOVEMENTS •

10am leaves partner’s flat in Chiswick

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Stops at a petrol garage, before parking at Kings Mall shopping centre

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11.01am leaves shopping centre

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11.10am last sighting of the BMW, taking short cut back towards home

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11.20am - 11.25am visits fish mongers and makes final phone call

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11.30am - drives to her home in Gowan Avenue, Fulham and parks nearby

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Call to mobile at 11.31am but goes straight to voicemail. Police believe she has been shot by this point.

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Evidence 1: Grey-blue polyester fibre found on Jill Dando’s raincoat The single fibre of grey-blue polyester discovered on the raincoat worn by the BBC television presenter allegedly came from a pair of C&A trousers found at George's home. The raincoat had been left lying on the ground for between six and nine hours after the murder, Robson suggested. The fibre might have been dropped by anyone passing. "It could have come from the suits or trousers in Miss Dando's wardrobe or from [her fiancé] Alan Farthing's wardrobe," he said. "It could have been contaminated by people walking past [on the path].“

Evidence 2: Gun Particles 9mm calibre semi-automatic pistol, identified as weapon used to shoot Jill in the head. As no gun shot was heard, it is believed a silencer was used. This is said to be the weapon of a professional criminal. One forensic examination suggested it was not a gun of a hitman. Tiny spherical particle composed of barium, aluminium and lead, inside the right-hand pocket of a blue jacket owned by suspect Barry George. Similar particles were discovered in Miss Dando's hair and on her coat. Police found a gun holster, lists of guns and a picture of Barry George wearing a gas mask and holding a pistol that could have been converted.

Evidence 3: Witnesses City Worker Susan Mayes saw a man for 5 seconds standing by a car acting suspiciously & picked Barry George out of a line up, 4 hours before the murder. Postman Terry Griffin saw a man outside Jill’s home 90mins prior to shooting Passer by Barry Lindsey was driving past Jill’s home when killer was on her doorstep but told policeman he saw did not match Barry George description

Evidence 4: Stalking 140 people were flagged to police as having ‘an unhealthy obsession’ with Jill. Barry George had previous convictions for attempted rape and indecent assault. In the 1980s he was found hiding in the bushes at Kensington Palace, carrying a knife and a length of rope. Barry George lived 500 yards from Jill Dando. Forensic criminal psychologist, Dr Adrian West, gave a psychological profile in May 1999 urging police to look for an obsessive loner. Police searched Barry George’s flat they found photographs of local women and copies of magazines with Jill featured. Barry George had an IQ of 75, a history of medical problems and a personality order. CCTV footage of Dando’s journey to her home on 26 April 1999, suggested that she had not been followed and no one knew what her movements that morning would be.

Evidence 5: Kosovan refugee reporting 1999 undeclared war with Serbia. Appeal for aid for Kosovar Albanian refugees work may have attracted the attention of Bosnian-Serb hardliners. Immediately after the Dando killing a number of telephone calls were made to the BBC and other media outlets claiming responsibility for the killing on behalf of Serb groups. Claimed that the Serbian warlord leader Arkan had ordered Dando's assassination in retaliation for the NATO bombing of Radio Television of Serbia's headquarters on 23 April 1999.

Evidence 6: Crimewatch and a professional hitman The murder has been described a sophisticated killing, involving detailed planning and specialist bullets. Jill Dando ‘helped’ police with her work on Crimewatch reconstructing crimes. After trawling through 52,000 documents made available to Mr George’s defence team, Mr Williams-Thomas (police detective) said he had found an intelligence report naming two London men as having acted for a major organised crime gang. The pair were said to have broken the murder weapon into four pieces which they then dumped in a canal on their gang’s territory.

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Record your thoughts from your initial investigation here: Who is your key suspect? What are the key bits of evidence that help support your theory? Which leads are you no longer following and why?

What are cognitive biases?

Heuristics are…

Why is it important to know about cognitive biases?

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Who killed her? The short answer – we don’t know. Sadly, the case of Dando’s murder is still unsolved, as the initial suspect, Barry George, who was charged for her murder in 2000, had his conviction overturned in 2008. There are, however, a number of popular alternative theories as to who murdered Jill Dando.

A. Serbian hitman It was one of the proposed theories put forward by the defence team during the trial of Barry George in 2001. As part of Operation Allied Force during the Kosovo War, NATO bombed the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) Headquarters in Belgrade just three days before Dando was killed. RTS was a key propaganda tool for Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević. The bombing had left 16 employees of RTS dead and many have speculated that Dando was killed in retribution for these deaths. Just a few weeks earlier, Dando had fronted a BBC appeal for aid for the Kosovan-Albanian refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing in the Balkans. This exposure could well have brought her to the attention of the Serb leaders. This theory is seemingly backed up by two other events. The first came just one day after Dando had been killed. Tony Hall, the then BBC Head of News, had to go into police protection after receiving a death threat from a man over the phone. The caller claimed to be a Serbian activist and declared that he had killed Dando and that Hall would be next. The second event occurred a few days before Dando’s murder. Slavko Curuvija, an opposition journalist, was assassinated outside his home in Belgrade and the method used was identical to Dando’s case. In 2012, Branka Prpa, the widow of Curuvija came forward and declared, ‘I think there is a link between Dando and Curuvija. I think they were both executed.’ Further adding weight to this theory was the fact the bullet casing discovered at the scene showed signs of ‘crimping’, which were apparently similar to markings on Yugoslav ammunition. However, no solid evidence has ever been produced to prove the Serbian connection and the prosecution in the 2001 trial of Barry George dismissed it as ‘utter nonsense.’ Many others dispute the theory, including John Simpson, the world affairs editor of the BBC. He was in Belgrade covering the NATO bombing campaign at the time of Dando’s death and believes he would have been an easier target than Dando back in England. Others have called into question the fact that the killing was never claimed publicly by a credible source, something that would have been the case if it were a politically motivated attack.

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B. Gangland killing At first appearances, the killing of Dando seemed to have been carried out by a professional. The defence team in 2001 declared that Dando had been killed by a ‘highly efficient’ hit. They believed the single shot, the muffled sound of the gun and the clean escape in broad daylight had all the trademarks of an assassin. Mark Williams-Thomas, an investigative journalist and former police officer, famous for exposing Jimmy Savile as a paedophile, recently claimed that an anonymous hitman had told him that he knew the criminal behind the killing but was too afraid to publicly name him out of fear. Jill was gunned down on the orders of a London underworld Mr Big... Williams-Thomas further added that after investigating the case himself he believed Dando was killed by a professional on the orders of a London based mob boss, ‘My theory is that Jill was gunned down on the orders of a London underworld Mr Big to send out a direct, bloody message to others: "Do not take on organised crime."’ Certainly the defence in 2001 also believed that Dando’s work on Crimewatch could well have been the reason she became a target, with the defence barrister claiming, ‘Plainly an aggrieved individual who believed that this programme was itself providing an effective aid to police investigation and needed to be curtailed might consider, however misguidedly, that a literal warning shot across the bows was required.’ However, both the Crimewatch link and the professionalism of the attack have been called into question. Firstly the spent cartridge from the single shot was left at the crime scene, something a professional would never do. The weapon used was also believed to have been something like a modified starting pistol or a reactivated fireman with a low muzzle velocity, again something a professional would not usually use. The location and time of attack also had too many variables for a professional to consider. The fact that Dando spent most of her time at her fiancés house and very little at her own place meant that her house was hardly the most reliable location to find her. With regards to the Crimewatch link, the police looked at all the cases that Dando had been involved in. Speaking during the BBC documentary, Hamish Campbell said, ‘How would it be served by somebody on Crimewatch, some villain or criminal going, “I know what, I’m so upset with this, I’m going to kill Jill Dando”? That made no sense at all. We examined all the [Crimewatch] cases that Jill was involved in, which cases she broadcast…there was simply no evidence for it. ‘ Others have also called into question the motivation of hiring a hitman for the purposes of killing a TV presenter. Surely an aggrieved criminal would seek revenge on the policeman or the informant who gave them up rather than the messenger?

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C. Stalker/obsessive fan One of the earliest theories adopted by the police was that a stalker or an obsessed fan had killed Dando. The seemingly opportunistic nature of her killing might well make this one of the strongest theories. A stalker, rather than a hitman, is more likely to use a makeshift weapon and attack someone outside his or her front door in broad daylight. The prosecution in the 2001 trial used this theory as the basis of their case against George stating, ‘Unusual as they may be, there are some cases where there is no single motive. How could there be a reason for killing Jill Dando? Sadly, not everyone in the world is rational, logical and sensible. There is a dark, complex side to some people's minds which causes them to act in a dreadfully destructive way for no rational reason.’ Shortly before her death, Dando had announced her engagement to Alan Farthing. Could this have been the reason why she was attacked, her stalker trying to prevent her from marrying someone else? Certainly, a man was seen by multiple witnesses loitering around Dando’s street the night before her murder and on the morning of. On the flip side of this theory, no famous person has ever been killed by a stalker or an obsessed fan in the UK and the police did identify, question and eliminate 140 people who had been flagged as being obsessed or having an unhealthy interest in Dando.

D. IRA Another theory is that senior paramilitaries from the IRA chose Dando as a target “because of her links to police through her work presenting Crimewatch”, says the Mirror. A letter was found admitting to the killing among the 52,000 documents that were made available to Barry George’s legal team during his second trial. In it Wayne Aird, who was serving life for killing a man two months after Dando’s death, confessed to being part of an “establishment cover-up” and said that the IRA was being allowed to get away with the murder to avoid harming the Northern Ireland peace process.

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E. Paedophile ring retaliation In 2014, a former colleague of Dando’s came forward and said she was trying to expose a VIP paedophile ring just months before her death. According to the Daily Express, the source said Dando raised concerns to her BBC bosses about allegations of sexual abuse happening at the corporation. The source said: “I don't recall the names of all the stars now and don't want to implicate anyone, but Jill said they were surprisingly big names.” But the BBC has said that it had seen nothing to substantiate these claims.

F. Joe the barman A report from the now defunct National Criminal Intelligence Service suggested Dando’s murder could be traced back to a gunman called Joe who worked in a bar in Spain and had links to murderer Kenneth Noye. Noye was sentenced to life in prison for a 1996 road rage killing with the help of a Crimewatch appeal. The report said: “Joe runs a bar in Tenerife, frequented by leading ex-pat criminals. He's described as a frustrated gangster reputed to owe money to Kenny Noye. There’s been talk Joe has been keen to rehabilitate his reputation with gangster creditors.” The Daily Mirror says that Joe “allegedly came to the UK specifically to carry out the crime”, although it “appears that Joe was never traced”.

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THE TRIAL

Opening Statement Framework An Introduction: ‘Your Honour, members of the jury, my name is (full name), representing the prosecution/defendant in this case.’ - Briefly review what must be proved (by you or the other side) ‘The Crown must prove without a doubt that…. ‘

Theory of the case What you suggest has happened, descriptive story of the day, with use of evidence - One or two sentences which tell the jury what the evidence has shown in the context of your theory of the case

A brief review of what you (or the other side) must prove or disprove o o o

This is essentially the elements of the case Do not delve too deep into legal terms or you will lose the jury’s attention Talk about burden of proof

Notes for your opening statement:

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Tips for cross-examination Learn how to cross examine effectively: - Only ask closed questions (yes/no) – you should be putting the witness in a corner as they can only give a certain answer. - Beware the danger and the power contained in using open questions in cross-examination! Remember this is a witness for the other side, so you generally want to control them with short, closed questions - Don’t ask too many questions – once you’ve got your good point, don’t ask any more! Examples of closed questions “The sky is blue, isn’t it?” [The open equivalent being “What colour is the sky?”] “The man you saw was tall, wasn’t he?” [The open equivalent being “How tall was the man you saw?”]

What questions would you use to cross-examine Barry George? Start with questions if you were on the prosecution, then think about how you might approach questioning him if you were defending him.

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Closing statement framework A brief outline of the relevant law for this case o

To give your argument legal backing and support

A summary of the evidence you have found that proves your case Focus on the key issues Identify witness testimony and exhibits supporting each issue Tell the client’s/victim’s story Reinforce case themes Help the jury tie things together in their mind o You can also address any counter-arguments that may have arisen during the trial

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A final reminder of the burden of proof and final comments o

Tell the jury what you want “For these reasons, after you have heard all the evidence, at the end of this trial we will ask you to find the Defendant …

Notes for your closing statement:

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The Role of Punishment Punishment is frequently used to maintain order in society following an offence. It can come in a number of forms, such as prison time or community service, but what do you think its purpose is?

Why do we punish offenders?

How do we determine punishment?

Theories of Punishment Let’s look more in-depth at some key theories of punishment:

Incapacitation

Deterrence

Incapacitation is a very pragmatic goal of criminal justice. The idea is that offenders are physically prevented from committing crimes. The most common form of this is imprisonment, but it can also include restrictive forms such as curfew, electronic tags, and license disqualification (such as a driver’s license). The most severe and permanent methods of incapacitation are dismemberment or capital punishment. The overall aim of incapacitation is to prevent the most...