Noel 'Razor' Smith spent time in jail alongside Barry George and offers his insight.
Noel “Razor” Smith, 37, an armed robber-turned-writer, is interviewed in a three-part Netflix series about the 1999 murder of the much-loved BBC Crimewatch host after he was serving time in HMP Belmarsh alongside Barry George, reports the Daily Mirror.
Asked if he could give any insight into why Dando was shot, he immediately shook his head and said: “No. If I tell you why - you’d know who did it.” George, now 63, has Asperger’s, brain damage, ADHD, learning difficulties and epilepsy, and was interviewed in Ireland, where he has since moved. “Do I think he should have been found not guilty?” Hamish says. “I thought the guilty verdict in 2001 was the correct verdict. It’s been in the news or subject to comment or report, every year for 23 years.Asked “do you think that Barry George killed Jill Dando?”, Campbell replies: “I did, yes. “I don’t think I’ve changed my mind.”
Top news stories today “When Jill Dando was shot a lot of criminals at the time kind of went “yeah,” because Jill Dando was on Crimewatch and a lot of them had ended up in prison, down to stuff they had on Crimewatch.