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Detective turned TV sleuth Mark Williams-Thomas has also said the former Crimewatch presenter influenced the Met's investigation because he was so sure George killed Jill. In contrast Mr Williams-Thomas said today: 'If this was investigated today Barry would not even get charged'. Mr Ross said last night that he knows who killed his friend and colleague Jill 25 years ago today - and insists that despite being acquitted of her murder, Barry George would have an 'uphill task' to prove his innocence. But hitting back today,  Mr Williams-Thomas, a former Surrey detective who has investigated many of Britain's most high-profile crimes, said: 'No wrong Nick - Barry has answered every question every put to him'. He also claimed that DCI Hamish Campbell, the lead detective on the case, is also 'fixated' on George being the killer. In a a series of social media posts Mark said Mr Ross is 'absolutely wrong and refuses to accept anyone else was responsible even if someone else, the real killer, was caught .

The former BBC host has dismissed suggestions Jill was shot by a Serbian hitman and said Barry George would have an 'uphill task' to prove his innocence in any new hearing.

Nick Ross has said he knows who killed Jill Dando on the 25th anniversary of his Crimewatch co-presenter's shocking murder. The former BBC host has dismissed suggestions that Jill was shot by a Serbian hitman and said Barry George would have an 'uphill task' to prove his innocence if he was granted the new hearing he is demanding. George is the only person to have been convicted over Jill's murder, although he was later acquitted after experts raised concerns about potential cross-contamination of evidence. But Mr Ross, whose close friend Jill was just 37 when she was shot in the back of the head arriving at her home in Fulham, West London , in April 1999, says he thinks the prime suspect in her death should never have been released.

With more than a passing resemblance to Princess Diana and the status of a national treasure firmly cemented, Jill Dando (pictured left with Crimewatch colleague Nick Ross and right in the Seychelles presenting the Holiday programme) was, to millions, the girl next door. So her murder at the hands of a lone gunman on April 26, 1999, was a searing shock to the nation rivalled only by the Princess of Wales ' death less than two years earlier. Now, 25 years on from her killing, her former colleague Nick Ross has paid a loving tribute to the star as he continues his drive to further her legacy. Mr Ross, now 76, told MailOnline that his friend was 'uniquely generous', revealing how she would 'kick off her high heels' to ensure he was taller when the pair signed off on Crimewatch - the show they presented together for four years from 1995. She was, he added, 'one of the greatest broadcasters of the time', despite having to battle against 'misogynistic' newsroom colleagues. He led efforts to fund a pioneering crime science centre named in honour of Ms Dando which opened at University College London in 2001. Inset: Police examine the street outside Ms Dando's home in the days after her murder.

Reverend Paula Vennells (left), the Post Office's deeply religious chief executive, was already mired in the Horizon IT scandal when she accepted a panel discussion on business ethics. The talk, which was attended by City firm executives, was held at Canary Wharf in London in May 2018. Ms Vennells declared herself 'proud of the Post Office, a truly unique group in terms of its values', apparently unconcerned by the crisis unfolding on her watch - and without mentioning it. She began describing how her values came from God's 'glorious' and went into the subject of making mistakes. "When we mess up,' she told the audience, "my faith tells me that I can be forgiven, that shortfalls are a perfectly human thing to do and that I can always start over; always, always, always start again.' You should do it right. 'And for me, it was incredibly liberating because... you can get it wrong and then move forward.'

Jill Dando's assassination in April 26, 1999 shocked the country, becoming one of Britain's most high-profile and complicated police probes. Now, a recently posted trailer for a upcoming Netflix documentary series about Ms Dando's murder before his conviction was quashed in 2008. In the trailer, he says, 'It makes me mad that they have lived eight years of my life.' After suffering a single gunshot wound to the head, the presenter was discovered by neighbors slumped against her front door in Fulham (top right, police at the scene), West London, in a pool of blood. At the time of her death, she was best known for co-presenting the BBC One programme Crimewatch with Nick Ross.

After being accused of trivializing domestic abuse, radio presenter Nick Ross (right in inset) has condemned the 'extraordinary amount of violence' from women toward Fiona Bruce (left). Ms Bruce was forced to resign as a representative for domestic violence charity Refuge after she came under fire for intervening when Boris Johnson's father Stanley (right) was portrayed as a 'wife beater' on the BBC1's Question Time program last week. When Ross, who co-hosted Crimewatch with Ms Bruce for seven years, said it was 'unfair' to accuse the presenter of 'throwing paraffin on the fires,' she said. Ms Nazeer wrote a letter on Friday, the morning after the show, saying the charity was "shocked" by Ms Bruce's "harmful" response as she campaigned against domestic violence with Women's Aid and other charities as a social media storm raged.

Sue Cook, pictured, accused the BBC of not wanting to'question anything' as she stated that it is no longer the 'complete national institution' that it once was. On Nigel Farage's show Talking Pints, she said, 'Sadly it's not looking very promising.' It was a national service and a treasure, and I believe they do some excellent dramas but not as well as they should have been.' As the cast continues, you can see all the woke boxes ticked.'