Jill Dando could have been killed by mistake after a Russian hitman mistook her for an additional BBC journalist, in accordance with paperwork acquired by a court docket in Paris.
Papers declare the murderer was employed by French style mogul Gerald Marie, accused on a number of counts of sexual assault, to homicide reporter Lisa Brinkworth after she went undercover at Elite Mannequin Administration to show him.
Nevertheless, the killer then by chance shot down Jill Dando after mistaking her because the goal, the paperwork say.
Legal professionals reportedly argue that the mix-up occurred as a result of similarities between the 2 girl by way of seems, occupation, and the actual fact they each stayed in the identical space of London, the Mirror stories.
It was additionally mentioned that Jill's fiance, Alan Farthing, was Lisa's physician.
Legal professionals within the paperwork discuss with a dialog witnessed by former Elite government Omar Harfouch by which Marie ordered a member of the Russian mafia to 'cope with an issue,' stories the Each day Mail.
The paperwork from French regulation agency Bourdon Associes reportedly say: "Shortly thereafter… a BBC journalist, Jill Dando, was shot lifeless in April 1999.
"Certainly, these two journalists had been of their thirties, had been blonde with the identical facial options, of the identical top and of comparable stature.
"They lived shut to one another and had folks in frequent, together with the husband of Jill Dando."
In a criminal offense that shocked the nation, TV favorite Jill was gunned down in the course of the day on her doorstep in Fulham, London, on April 26, 1999.
The brutal slaying of the Crimewatch presenter stays one of the crucial notorious unsolved crimes within the UK of the final 20 years.
One in all Jill's neighbours discovered her lifeless physique exterior her London residence at round noon on the day she was shot.
Barry George was discovered responsible of Jill's homicide in 2001.
He spent seven years in jail earlier than his acquittal in 2008.
Now greater than 20 years later, the case stays unsolved.
A spokesman from the Met Police informed The Mirror: "The investigation into the homicide of Ms Dando stays open, as with all homicide investigations.
"We are going to all the time discover any new data which can grow to be out there."
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