Jill Dando 'killer' not innocent enough to be compensated

dd972

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/25/barry-george-loses-compensation-jill-dando

wonder what the rationale behind someone 'not innocent enough to be compensated' is ?, he was acquitted and anyone with a fair understanding of the case would surmise that he didn't do it.

listermint

So who did

doh doh doooohhhhhh

seamus

The burden of proof in a civil case is lower than that in a criminal case. A judge in a civil case can say he was "not innocent enough" to deserve compensation if he thinks that there's a reasonable possibility that George could have carried out the murder.

Kind of need more info though on exactly what the rationale for the judgement was.

Bad Santa

Disgraceful decision.

Took years for the Guildford Four to get compensation also and then were only awarded £500,000 or so each.

Hope he gets it in the Supreme Court.

_sparkie_

seamus wrote: »

if he thinks that there's a reasonable possibility that George could have carried out the murder.

How does that work? Almost everyone could murder someone else in a physical sense, just because someone is the the area of where a murder occurs doesnt really mean that they did it or that they are 'not innocent enough'.

Scruffles

_sparkie_ wrote: »

How does that work? Almost everyone could murder someone else in a physical sense, just because someone is the the area of where a murder occurs doesnt really mean that they did it or that they are 'not innocent enough'.

agreed.
its just own opinion,but am of the belief that he coudnt have done it,george has an IQ only one point away from the learning disability [UK label for intelectual disability] spectrum;it had affected him significantly as he was special school educated through his childhood.
he is an aspie to which woud explain why he was obsessed with celebrities such as jill dando,some men are totaly obsessed with glamour models and some women obsess over footballers or celebrities like johnny depp;have never understood why they made his obsession any more seedy.
with his learning difficulty it is very hard to see him being able to put all of that planning together-these are difficulties that are part of intelectual disability and being one point away isnt going to be a noticible difference.

have heard off people who know him that he cant even tie his own shoes and struggles with independant living so if this is the profile of barry how coud someone like that plan and pull off the murder of jill dando?
he isnt one of those crims who upon being hauled in for a crime they get themselves assessed to see if they can fake or make worse conditions they hadnt needed diagnosing till then,his background was well known since he was a kid.

gurramok

Thats just mad. How can you when acquitted of murder having wrongly served 8 years be now not innocent enough! You're either innocent or guilty!

But the judges ruled that he had "failed the legal test" to receive compensation.

Wtf is going on? Legal test? The bloke is innocent according to the acquittal!!

Max Power

He got free rent and food for 8 years. That'd be worth a lot of money.

monkeypants

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

He got free rent and food for 8 years. That'd be worth a lot of money.

As horrible as that sounds, it could well have formed part of the reasoning for the judgement. The Guilford Four were also deducted bed and board.

Latchy

Not innocent enough or not guilty enough .The glass was always half full /empty on this one and one of those great unsolved murder mystery's .

on a sidenote to this , I remember going into a newsagents on the evening in question and decided for some reason to buy the radio times instead of the usual tv times , noticing that Jill Dando was on the front page in leather biker gear .Then 15 minutes later I turned on the BBC news to hear she had been murdered ....it was an unreal moment.

_sparkie_

monkeypants wrote: »

As horrible as that sounds, it could well have formed part of the reasoning for the judgement. The Guilford Four were also deducted bed and board.

what a joke, were they offered an alternative? like not staying in a cell and not eating? if it was forced conditions why should they be expected to foot the bill? also its not like they tried to get into prison for free bed and board, they protested their innocence.