EXCLUSIVEI know what Æù¿Æ¡¤¿ÆÎàd of »¦¤·²° »¦¿Íd Jill Dando: As wild theories about the TV presenter's death ¸Ç¼¹¤¹¤ë, the Met's lead õÄ塤·º»ö tells STEPHEN WRIGHT why he's sure his instincts are ¸¢Íø in an ÇÓ½üŪ interview

April 26, 1999, had started as a ÀŤ«¤Ê day in Scotland Yard's »¦¿Í ÉôÂâ in Kensington, South-West London.

õÄ塤·º»ö Ĺ¡¤»ØƳ¼Ô »ë»¡´± Hamish Campbell had been on call for a week but, with no »¦¿Ís to Ä´ºº¡¿Áܺº¤¹¤ë, he and his team had become restless.

But that day news reached Campbell that a woman appeared to have been stabbed outside her home a few miles away. He and a Ʊν went to the scene ¤¹¤°¤Ë.

As he was leaving his office, he received a call from his boss, õÄ塤·º»ö Ĺ¡¤»ØƳ¼Ô Superintendent Brian Edwards.

TV presenter Jill Dando was murdered on the doorstep of her Fulham home on April 26, 1999

TV presenter Jill Dando was »¦¿Íd on the doorstep of her Fulham home on April 26, 1999

Campbell ²òǤ¤¹¤ës: 'He said: 'Have you heard anything about this stabbing ½ÐÍè»ö/»ö·ï?... °æ¸Í¡¿ÊÛ¸î»ÎÀÊ, let me tell you something... there's a suggestion it's Jill Dando.'

Dando, of course, was the Holly Willoughby of her day, only more famous still. As the ultimate girl-next-door rather than an icy beauty, the nation took her to their hearts.

And the BBC couldn't get enough of Dando. Apart from her Àµµ¬¤Î¡¿ÀµÁª¼ê slots on Crimewatch and the hugely popular travel programme Holiday, she was a Àµµ¬¤Î¡¿ÀµÁª¼ê presenter of its prime-time news ¸ø¼°È¯É½s and even occasionally ¸½ºß¤Îd Songs Of ¾Þ»¿¤¹¤ë.

Campbell arrived in Gowan Avenue in Fulham, an Ë­ÉÙ¤Ê area of smart family homes, just as the µßµÞ¼Ö carrying the ÃÄÂΡ¿»àÂÎ of Jill ½Ðȯ¡¿»àd. Desperate À®²Ì¡¿ÅØÎÏs had been made to save her, but she never stood a chance.

Within five minutes, Campbell's officers would discover a ²ò¸Û¤¹¤ë¡¿Ë¤²Ð¡¿¼Í·âd cartridge »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô on the doorstep and a Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È yellow ÃÆ´Ý which had passed through the µ¾À·¼Ô's Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë, ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë her Á°Àþ door and fallen to the ground. This was not a knife attack, then ¡½ Dando had died ¨»þ¤Ë after ¸ºß ȯ¼Í in the Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë.

Nor was it a street ¶¯Åð gone wrong. Jill's watch and jewellery had not been taken. They were ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äêing with something far more unusual.

Officers collected several pieces of ¾Úµò from the scene, ´Þ¤àing a fob and BMW ½ÅÍפÊ, a yellow metal earring, a Russell & Bromley shopping Êá¤é¤¨¤ë¡¢³ÍÆÀ¤¹¤ë and contents, fish in a white plastic Êá¤é¤¨¤ë¡¢³ÍÆÀ¤¹¤ë, and a ¹õ¿Í¡¿¥Ü¥¤¥³¥Ã¥È leather handbag.

Dismal Å·¸õ Äɲ乤ëd to the challenges ľÌ̤¹¤ëing the »¦¿Í squad that day. Campbell took ÈòÆñ½ê from the ̸±« in the porch of a ÎÙ¿Íing house, having ordered his team to cover the Á°Àþ of the Dando house, the path and the road with plastic to stop ¤½¤Î¾å¤Î ¾Úµò ±øÀ÷ or loss. He remembers wondering: 'How far could the »¦¤·²° have got now?'

A £´È¾´ü/4ʬ¤Î1 of a century on, it is a question the world is still asking.

The popular TV presenter at the front door of her home

The popular TV presenter at the Á°Àþ door of her home

Detective Chief Inspector Hamish Campbell, a few days after the murder, holding an e-fit of the man police wanted to interview in connection with Dando's death

õÄ塤·º»ö Ĺ¡¤»ØƳ¼Ô »ë»¡´± Hamish Campbell, a few day s after the »¦¿Í, »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ëing an e-fit of the man police ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô to interview in ´Ø·¸ with Dando's death

A policeman stands guard on Gowan Avenue, Fulham, West London, where Dando had just returned home from a shopping trip when she was shot

A policeman stands guard on Gowan Avenue, Fulham, West London, where Dando had just returned home from a shopping trip when she was ȯ¼Í

It is 25 years ago this week that Jill Dando, 37, was »¦¿Íd on her doorstep after returning home from a morning shopping trip. I was in the Daily Mail newsroom that day. I remember the shock and ÉÔ¿® ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç my Ʊνs at the news broke.

And when it was ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d hours later that she had died from a Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È ¼Í·â Éé½ý¤µ¤»¤ë to the Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë, those feelings only ¶¯¤á¤ëd. Who could have hated Jill, the nation's sweetheart, so much that they would kill her in such a »ÄµÔ¤Ê and ruthless fashion?

The appetite for news about the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô was insatiable and ¤µ¤Þ¤¶¤Þ¤Ê »¦¿Í Æ°µ¡s were ¿ä¬¤¹¤ëd on. I ²òǤ¤¹¤ë a very ¾åµé¤Î Ʊν telling me: 'I'm not Íø±×¡¿¶½Ì£d in theories, I want to know who killed Jill Dando'. So did the whole of the Met ¡½ and the country, I ²òǤ¤¹¤ë thinking at the time.

One man was ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âd with and ºá¿Í¡¿Í­ºá¤òÀë¹ð¤¹¤ëd of the »¦¿Í. Barry George, a celebrity-obsessed serial stalker and fantasist who had already served a ·ºÌ³½ê¡¤¹´ÃÖ½ê Àë¹ð¡¤È½·è for »î¤ß¤ë¡¿´ë¤Æ¤ëd ¶¯´¯, lived ¶á¤Å¤¯ Dando in Fulham at the time. He was ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë Í­ºá¤Î of the »¦¿Í¡¤ÂçÅö¤ê at the Old Bailey in July 2001. But his life Àë¹ð¡¤È½·è was later quashed on ¹µÁÊ¡¤¾å¹ð and at the end of his 2008 retrial, George was sensationally ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë not Í­ºá¤Î.

His ̵ºáÊüÌÈ saw the return of the guessing game by ¶¦ËÅ ÍýÏÀ²Ès, amateur sleuths and rent-a-°úÍѤ¹¤ë ex õÄ塤·º»ös as to who killed her and why. ̤²ò·è¤Î »¦¿Ís leave a ̵¸ú¤Î that, ÆÃ¤Ë in the internet »þÂå, is often filled with far-fetched theories.

So will the »¦¿Í ¡½ now in what the Met calls an 'inactive Ãʳ¬' with no new leads nor Ë¡Äî¤Î ¾Úµò to work on ¡½ever be solved?

Campbell has strong ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ës about the type of °ãÈ¿¼Ô¡¿ÈȺá¼Ô responsible. After ¼çÍ×¤Ê the Dando Ä´ºº, he went on to reach the ³¬µé of õÄ塤·º»ö Ĺ¡¤»ØƳ¼Ô Superintendent and Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ëd up Scotland Yard's »¦¿Í squad.

'On reflection, I ¤¤¤Ä¤«s think Jill herself became almost an abstract part of the »¦¿Í,' he tells me. 'Her profile, the news stories, the 'noise', all detracted from her as µ¾À·¼Ô. Everyone thought they knew her, so many then believed they knew who killed her, or who was likely responsible.

Dando with her BBC Crimewatch co-host Nick Ross in 1995

Dando with her BBC Crimewatch co-host Nick Ross in 1995

Dando with Cliff Richard at a charity pro-am tennis event in 1996

Dando with Cliff Richard at a charity ¥×¥í¤Î¡¿»¿À®¤Î-am tennis event in 1996

'Jill as a person was lost in the ±é·à of it all. Barry George became the ¾ÇÅÀ¡Ê¤ò¹ç¤ï¤»¤ë¡Ë of the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô. But as you and I know, it's Jill's life which Í׵᤹¤ës ²òǤ¤¹¤ëing.'

Born in Weston-ºÇ¹â¤Î-»¤Ê¤¦ in 1961, Jill had followed her father and brother into Ãϸµ¤Î newspaper journalism. Her onscreen ²ÄǽÀ­¤Î¤¢¤ë, however, was obvious.

After stints in ÃÏ°è¤Î news broadcasting in the South-West, her big break ¡Êµ¡¤Î¡Ë¥«¥à in 1988 when she started ¸½ºß¤Îing the BBC's hourly ¹ñ²È¤Î ¸ø¼°È¯É½s. In 1993 she was chosen to host the prime-time travel programme, Holiday.

Two years later, she took on the same Ìò³ä at Crimewatch, and in 1997 ¥Æ¥ì¥Ó»ëÄ°¼Ôs Åêɼ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd her BBC Personality of the Year. She would ¸½ºß¤Î the programme 42 times before Èá·à struck and she became the story rather than the ʪ¸ì¤òÏ乿͡¿ºî²È.

She was an A-̾Êí¡Ê¤ËºÜ¤»¤ë¡Ë¡¿É½¡Ê¤Ë¤¢¤²¤ë¡Ë À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ë, with a É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë-to-earth manner which endeared her to millions. She was also a devout Baptist, and had lived with her cousin Judith in Southfields, a ÀŤ«¤Ê South-West London ¹Ù³°, before moving to her own house in Gowan Avenue.

Jill bore more than a passing resemblance to Princess Diana, who was the same age, but unlike the Princess, her »äŪ¤Ê life was ÀŤá¤ë and ordinary. In November 1997 she had been introduced by a Áê¸ß¤Î friend to Alan Farthing, a ¸ÜÌä gynaecologist at a London hospital.

They became engaged in January 1999 and were »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë to marry that September.

As Campbell puts it: 'It truly was a death without Ê¿°×¤Ê ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳ. The Âç¿¿ô of »¦¿Ís have straightforward ·úÀߤ¹¤ës, and õÄ塤·º»ös are able to ž´¹ quickly from identifying the Æ°µ¡ to the ·ùµ¿¼Ô¡¤ÍƵ¿¼Ô¡¿µ¿¤¦.'

Even a reward of ¡ò100,000 ¿½¤·¹þ¤à¡¿¿½¤·½Ðd by the Mail at the time failed to tempt anyone from the °Å¹õ³¹ to ÃΤ餻¤ë upon the conspirators. 'It was the dog that didn't bark,' Campbell once told me, paraphrasing Sherlock Holmes.

Barry George, a celebrity-obsessed serial stalker was found guilty of the killing in001. But his life sentence was later quashed on appeal and at the end of his 2008 retrial, George was sensationally found not guilty.

Barry George, a celebrity-obsessed serial stalker and fantasist was ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë Í­ºá¤Î of the »¦¿Í¡¤ÂçÅö¤ê at the Old Bailey in July 2001. But his life Àë¹ð¡¤È½·è was later quashed on ¹µÁÊ¡¤¾å¹ð - and at the end of his 2008 retrial, George was sensationally ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë not Í­ºá¤Î

The »¦¿Í Éð´ï has never been ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë (some õÄ塤·º»ös think it was ¼Î¤Æ¤ëd in the nearby Thames) but Ë¡Äî¤Î examination of the Çú·â¤¹¤ë »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ôing and ÃÆ´Ý at the scene ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ës it was a 'smooth bore' 9mm handgun, which had either been ½¤Àµ¤¹¤ëd from a starting ¥Ô¥¹¥È¥ë, or some other ȿưŪ¤Êd Éð´ï.

It seemed that only one person knew why Jill Dando had died. And that was the man who had been seen ƨ¤²¤ëing along Gowan Avenue.

There have been ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës over the years that Jill had been killed on the orders of a besotted ¥í¥·¥¢¤Î ¥®¥ã¥ó¥°¡Ê¸Ä¡¹¡Ë, whose Á°¿Ê¤¹¤ës she had µñÀ䤹¤ëd while filming an episode of Holiday in Cyprus.

There was a suggestion that an obsessed policeman who had appeared on Crimewatch pulled the Ͷȯ¤¹¤ë¡¿°ú¤­µ¯¤³¤¹. And a ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ë that the °Å»¦¼Ô was a woman dressed as a man.

A tip-off that Jill had fallen foul of the °­Ì¾¹â¤¤ Adams ºá¡¤ÈȺá family was ¿Ç»¡¤¹¤ëd and ³ä°úd. So, too, a ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ë she was killed on the orders of another °­Ì¾¹â¤¤ °Å¹õ³¹ ¿Íʪ¡¿»Ñ¡¿¿ô»ú, Kenneth Noye.

Then there was the ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ë that Jill was »¦¿Íd on the orders of the Serbian ¾­·³ and °Å¹õ³¹ boss ?eljko Ra?natovic, better known as Arkan.

In April 1999, British ·³Íѵ¡s were taking part in the Nato ÇúÇË of Yugoslavia ¡¼¤¹¤ë¤¿¤á¤Ë stop the ̱²¤Î Àö¾ô¤¹¤ëing of Albanians by Serbian ·³Ââs in Kosovo.

Earlier that month, Jill had Á°Àþd a BBC1 broadcast ¹µÁÊ¡¤¾å¹ðing for ´ð¶âs to help the Æṉ̃s. Two days before her death, the ¡Ê·Ù»¡¡¤·³Ââ¤Ê¤É¤Î¡ËËÜÉô of the Serbian ƱÅù¡Ê¤Î¡Ë of the BBC was ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë by a Nato ¥ß¥µ¥¤¥ë, »¦¿Í¡¤ÂçÅö¤ê 17 staff.

Today Campbell is dismissive of the Serbian theory, which was given ¿·¤¿¤Ë¤¹¤ëd impetus this week with a ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ë by a passing ±¿Å¾¼Ô that the man he had seen running away from the Dando »¦¿Í scene bore a resemblance to a Serbian °Å»¦¼Ô called Milorad Ulemek.

Campbell is unconvinced. 'To me, the »¦¿Í had the hallmarks of the loner »ö¼Â¾å¤Î¡¿ÂåÍý because of a political Æ°µ¡¤Å¤±, Åܤ꡿Åܤë, or just an obsessive personality,' he says. 'The ¹çÍýŪ¤Ê¡¿ÍýÀ­Åª¤Ê for the gangland theory, the ¥í¥·¥¢¤Îs, the ¥»¥ë¥Ó¥¢¿Ís, the Adams, anyone from Crimewatch, was just never viable.

'I wrote in my personal ¸ø¼°Ê¸½ñ¡¤Ç§¤á¤ës, in earliest weeks, that I considered the »¦¿Í¡¤ÂçÅö¤ê to be the work of the loner or the obsessive. Many months later I µ­Ï¿¡¤µ­Ï¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µ­Ï¿¤¹¤ëd that I still ¶²¤ì¤ëd the loner or an ill man was responsible.

'Twenty-five years later, there's still nothing from the ¹­Âç¤Ê ÈȺá¤Î ÌÖ¾õÁÈ¿¥s. No one ¸½¤ì¤ëing. So it must have been a loner, or at least someone »ö¼Â¾å¤Î¡¿ÂåÍý on their own ΨÀè. That I feel sure of.'

The ÃÆÆ»³Ø¤Î ¾Úµò and Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ ·ëÏÀ¤¹¤ëd that the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ôing (cartridge »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô) ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë at the »¦¿Í scene was a 9mm 'short'. There are two types of 9mm ÃÆÌô¡¿Éð´ï. The 'short' and the 'parabellum'. The ¾ò·ï relate to the length of the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ôing, while the ľ·Â (9mm) is the same.

The 'short' has a 17mm »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ôing length and a 'parabellum' °ìÏ¢¤Î²ñµÄ¡¢¸ò¾Ä¡¿´°À®¤¹¤ë has a 19mm »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ôing.

The 9mm 'parabellum' °ìÏ¢¤Î²ñµÄ¡¢¸ò¾Ä¡¿´°À®¤¹¤ë is the one used, ¹ñº×Ū¤Ê, by the ·³¤Î and police. The 9mm 'short', which killed Jill, is ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯ powerful and ȯ¼Í¤¹¤ë¡¿²ò¸Û¤¹¤ës ÃÆ´Ýs at subsonic ®ÅÙ(¤ò¾å¤²¤ë¡Ë.

The cartridge bore 'crimping' scratches where a pointed Æ»¶ñ had been used, ¤«¤â¤·¤ì¤Ê¤¤ to ¶¯²½¤¹¤ë its »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ë on the ÃÆ´Ý. This was not the Éð´ï of a professional °Å»¦¼Ô. Nor was the Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È È¯¼Í the modus operandi of someone who had been ¸Û¤¦d to ³Î¼Â¤Ë¤¹¤ë a ³Î¤«¤Ê kill. Seasoned hitmen always ¼£¤á¤ë at least two ȯ¼Ís ¡½ the ¤¤¤ï¤æ¤ë 'ÆóÎÝÂÇ tap'.

Far from ¸ºß a professional ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë, Campbell believes the Dando »¦¿Í was amateurish.

'The approach in Éý¤Î¹­¤¤ daylight, unmasked, un-gloved ¡½ and walking away? A Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È ÃÆ´Ý, leaving ¾Úµò of »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ôing, and, remarkably and importantly, the ¾ì½ê. That was always ½ÅÍפÊ. Jill was visiting 29 Gowan Avenue, just by chance, her visit was ̵ºî°Ù¤Î. It had not been pre-planned.'

Painstaking examination of CCTV ¡Ê±Ç²è¤Î¡Ë¥Õ¥£¡¼¥È¿ô ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d Dando left her fiance's house at around 10am and drove to a garage on the A4, where she bought ÀÐÌý and milk. She then visited a shopping ¾¦Å¹³¹ in Hammersmith, calling in at three shops ¡½ Ryman's, Dixons and The Link ¡½ before Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ëing »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ Fulham.

There, she Áª¤Öd up some Dover ñÆȤΠat Âн褹¤ë, a fishmonger's on the Fulham Road, which she was planning to cook for her fiance Alan for dinner that night.

Her ·èÄ꡿ȽÄ꾡¤Á¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë to call in at her own home appears to have been made on the »É·ã¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë of the moment. 'That was why the Ä´ºº turned to the loner,' says Campbell. 'A »¦¿Í without ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳ frequently has at its ³Ë¿´ a »¦¤·²° who Ê¿Åù¤Ë can ¶¡µë¤¹¤ë no ¹çÍýŪ¤Ê¡¿ÍýÀ­Åª¤Ê ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳ.'

Aside from Jill's two ¨ºÂ¤Î ÎÙ¿Ís, six other people Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬d seeing a man of Áá´ü¤Ë middle age with a 'swarthy or Mediterranean ³°¸«' in Gowan Avenue on the evening and morning before the »¦¿Í. A man of Îà»÷¤Î description was also seen in Âн褹¤ë at the same time as Jill.

Five years ago, I caught up with Barry George in Ireland, where he has lived for many years.

He was a shambling, dishevelled ÂѤ¨¤ë of a man, barely ´Þ¤à¡¿Éõ¤¸¹þ¤á¤ëd by a dark ¹µÁÊ and overcoat.

In the troubled world of the only man ever ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âd with the ºá¡¤ÈȺá, time appeared to have stood still.

He ºï¸º¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë a pathetic ¿Íʪ¡¿»Ñ¡¿¿ô»ú rather than one of any menace, as was ¿½¤·Î©¤Æ¤é¤ì¤¿¡¿µ¿¤ï¤·¤¤ by police and ¸¡»¡´±¡¤¸¡»ös at the time. In these circumstances, is it wrong to consider him the 'other µ¾À·¼Ô' in Britain's most sensational modern »¦¿Í »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô?

Now 64, George talked that day with passion about his continued 'fight for »ÊË¡¡Ê´±¡Ë' and the Åö¶É' ¤°¤º¤°¤º»Ä¤ë µ¿Ìäs over his innocence. µ¿Ìäs which in 2013 saw the High Ë¡ÄºÛȽ½ê rubber-stamp ·èÄ꡿ȽÄ꾡¤Á¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës by Ϣ³¤¹¤ë À¯ÉÜs to ¼­Âह¤ë him a Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È penny of Êä½þ¡Ê¶â¡Ë for the eight years he spent behind ˸¤²¤ë¡¿Ë¡ÄÊÛ¸î»Î¶Ès.

Êä½þ¡Ê¶â¡Ë is only ǧ¤á¤ëd when the Ë¡ÄºÛȽ½ê quashes a Í­ºá¤ÎȽ·è because a new fact has ¸½¤ì¤ëd to show beyond reasonable µ¿Ìä that the applicant did not commit the offence.

'How can you be acquitted Á´°÷°ìÃ×¤Ç by ºÛȽ´± and Ç濳¡¿Ç濳°÷ÃÄ ¡½ which means you (²óÉü¤¹¤ë) innocent status ¡½ but then get told you are not innocent enough?' he asked me.

'How more innocent than innocent can a person be?'

Dando in the Seychelles for the BBC Holiday programme, which she hosted

Dando in the Seychelles for the BBC Holiday ¥×¥í¤Î¡¿»¿À®¤Î gramme, which she hosted

Hamish Campbell does not ²ù¤¤¤ë the µ¯ÁÊ of Barry George. 'George was a ºá¿Í¡¿Í­ºá¤òÀë¹ð¤¹¤ëd sex °ãÈ¿¼Ô¡¿ÈȺá¼Ô [he had several Á°²Ês for À­¤Î ¶¯½±¡¤¶¯´¯ and »î¤ß¤ë¡¿´ë¤Æ¤ëd ¶¯´¯]. He was a prolific stalker of ½÷À­¡Ê¤Î¡Ë strangers for years. He accosted Èó¾ï¤Ë¡¿Â¿¿ô¤Î women in the street and outside their homes. He was violent. The ̾Êí¡Ê¤ËºÜ¤»¤ë¡Ë¡¿É½¡Ê¤Ë¤¢¤²¤ë¡Ë goes on. He had the Àܶá to ¾®²Ð´ï ¡½ and had owned some ¡½ and he was fixated on celebrity.'

The last 'periodic' review of the Dando »¦¿Í was ¹Ô°Ù¡¿¹Ô¤¦d by the Met in 2018.

This week it said in a À¼ÌÀ that officers would consider any new ¡Ê·Ù»¡¤Ê¤É¤Ø¤Î¡ËÌ©¹ð¡¤¹ðÁʡʾõ¡Ë ¿½¤·¹þ¤à¡¿¿½¤·½Ðd to the ·³Ââ to ·èÄꤹ¤ë whether it 'Âåɽ¤¹¤ëd a new and ¸½¼Â¼çµÁ¤Î line of Ä´ºº'.

Campbell is Èá´ÑŪ¤Ê, however, about there ever ¸ºß ·Ñ³¤·¤Æ¤¤¤ë »ÊË¡¡Ê´±¡Ë in the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô. 'I think the ¸«¹þ¤ß is ¶Ëü¤Ë remote. »ö¼Â ¾Úµò is Í׵᤹¤ëd to ¾ÚÌÀ¤¹¤ë the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô now. With the passage of time, ¾Úµò would be ¸Â¤é¤ì¤¿¡¿Î©·ûŪ¤Ê to producing the Éð´ï,' he said.

'¿È¸µ ¾Úµò is no good now. Asking any of the ¾Ú¸À¡¤¾Ú¿Í¡¿Ìܷ⤹¤ës who saw a person in Gowan Avenue to now come º£¸å and look at any other person to make an ¿È¸µ³Îǧ¡¤¿Èʬ¾ÚÌÀ would be »ö¼Â¾å impossible. How could they? It couldn't be relied on as reliable or Êݾڤ¹¤ëd. A ¼«Çò would be very ¤¢¤ê¤½¤¦¤â¤Ê¤¤ to ǼÆÀ¤µ¤»¤ë anyone, and would Í׵᤹¤ë ½ÅÍ×¤Ê corroboration.'

Desperate À®²Ì¡¿ÅØÎÏs to À¸¤­Ê֤餻¤ë Jill destroyed ÀøºßŪ¤Ë ·èÄêŪ¤Ê Ë¡Äî¤Î ¾Úµò.

'There was no µ¿Ìä, in our ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ë at the time, that the ºá¡¤ÈȺá scene was ¤Ò¤É¤¯ ±øÀ÷¤¹¤ëd by the µßµÞ¼Ö ¶ÛµÞ services,' he says.

'There were some eight people ¸½ºß¤Î, which ´Þ¤àd three doctors. The ²ÄǽÀ­¤Î¤¢¤ë ±øÀ÷ of shoe prints, Ã夻¤ë¡¿ÉêÍ¿¤¹¤ëing fibres, ¥Ç¥ª¥­¥·¥ê¥Ü³Ë»À cross ±øÀ÷, resuscitation »î¤ß¤ë¡¿´ë¤Æ¤ës ¡½ on someone ÌÀ³Î¤Ë dead ¡ ½ are all features which Í¿¤¨¤ë¡¿Êû¤²¤ë to ¾Úµò Ç˲õ and ½èʬ.

'Of course, it was all unintentional. And the Ìò³ä of Êݸ¤¹¤ëing a life over Êݸ¤¹¤ëing ¾Úµò is the constant ¿³µÄ.

'However, she was dead, and I believe she could have been Àë¸À¤¹¤ëd dead at the scene, as with so many other »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ôs. And the scene then Ä´°õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd for examination.

'Her [celebrity] status was, I believe, a factor in »î¤ß¤ë¡¿´ë¤Æ¤ëing resuscitation, which was futile.'

Some 140 miles west of London, there is a »×¤¤½Ð¤ÎÉÊ of the love and º·É¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¦ÅÀ everyone had for Jill Dando. It is there, at a crematorium on the ¹Ù³°s of Weston-ºÇ¹â¤Î-»¤Ê¤¦, that her final »Ä¤ê¡¿µÙ·Æ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëing place is °ÌÃÖ¤ò¼¨¤¹d.

She is interred with her mother ¥¸¡¼¥ó¥º, who died in 1986, and barely half a dozen Îó¡¿Á椰¡¿ÁûÆ°s from her father Jack, who died Ϸǯ¤Î 91, a £±£°Ç¯´Ö after his daughter ¡½ her death broke his heart.

It is a lovingly tended ±¢Ëšʤò´ë¤Æ¤ë¡Ë, bedecked with still-vibrant daffodils, a ¥Þ¥ê¥Õ¥¡¥Ê of red roses, ¦Ì̤˰ÌÃÖ¤¹¤ëd on both Ì£Êý¤¹¤ës by clusters of yellow chrysanthemums.

Inscribed upon polished granite is a simple dedication: 'Your beautiful smile, that ±Æ¶Á¤ò¼õ¤±¤Ê¤¤ elegance, a ËÜʪ¤Î À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ë, we love you.'

Twenty five years have passed since Jill Dando's »ÄµÔ¤Ê »¦¿Í, but those words still ¡ÊÈȺá¤Î¡Ë°ìÌ£ true.