Pamela was right

Pamela has maintained throughout that Barry George was not the killer of Jill Dando. She believed  that he was just a scapegoat; conveniently committed in an attempt to clear up the case.

There were many theories about who could have committed the crime.

• Was the killing done by a vengeful underworld Mr Big, jailed after one of her Crimewatch programmes?
• Was she killed by a Serbian hitman on the orders of a warlord because she had recently made an appeal for Kosovan refugees? Or was it a jealous ex-lover?

All were dismissed by police, who decided George was the main suspect after his name cropped up several times.

Now, nine years after the shooting of the TV presenter on her own doorstep, and seven years after George was convicted of the crime, an Old Bailey jury took less than two days to acquit him.

Sadly, Miss Dando's family have to face the grim probability that her murder will never be solved.