Barry George in court

The man wrongly convicted of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando has appeared in court  charged with the rape of a teenage girl nearly 40 years ago. The Crimewatch presenter, 37, was shot dead outside her Fulham home on 26 April 1999. Barry George was convicted of her murder by an Old Bailey jury two years later and jailed for life. His conviction was quashed in 2007 and the following year he was acquitted at retrial after serving eight years in…

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