The Great British Injustice System

Barry George, the eccentric idiot who was stitched up for Jill Dando's killing has thankfully won his appeal court ruling.

At the time jurors were led to believe that a particle of gun residue found on George proved that he was her killer. This was reported unreservedly, and without any challenge, by the BBC at the time:

"A speck of residue from the gun used to kill Miss Dando was found in his coat pocket."

In fact, today the judge ruled that:

""It was, in fact, no more likely that the particle had come from a gun fired by Barry George than that it had come from some other source," he said.

Bit of a change isn't it? How are we to have any confidence in convictions based on 'forensic evidence' of this kind? The case should never have gone to court.

Alan Farthing, Dando's fiance at the time, said:

"I am disappointed, particularly for those of us who have suffered the tragedy of losing a loved one prematurely."

No disappointed then over the fact that Dando's killing has been compounded by banging up an innocent man for 6 years?