He then reminded me how angry he could be if things were done without his approval, referring to the awful argument we had back in July. I was annoyed but I said nothing. I was a little concerned that he was again trying to threaten me. That type of behaviour undermined my belief in him. He then spoke about the late David Dobbins and Eugene O Mahoney and the replica gun which they had taken from his flat. He claimed that the ‘gun’ had been intact when it was taken and so he thought the damage which resulted in the exposed spring had happened after it left his possession. He also denied that it was him in the photo of the man in the gas mask posing in the SAS style photo. I reminded him that the police said he took the photo and he said ‘how could I do that?
Red flags scream out in this case!
“Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said Miss Dando's death was the 'not the result of a well-planned, organised assassination by either a criminal or a criminal association'.
Instead, he alleged, it was the actions of 'a loner, a man acting alone with no rational motive to kill'.
Mr Laidlaw said that over 'many years' George would approach women - mainly in the Fulham area - and 'engage them in conversation and then seek to discover where they lived and the vehicles they drove'.
'Some of the witnesses provide evidence that Barry George, having discovered where they lived, also spent time in the area of their addresses. On occasions, he was outside watching when they arrived back at their homes.
One in particular was entirely unaware of the defendant's interest in her until a document containing directions to her home was recovered at his address after his arrest.'
Mr Laidlaw said it was clear from material found at George's home in Crookham Road and from the evidence of other witnesses that he had spent 'a great deal of time watching and following single women. Whilst engaged in this pursuit he took literally thousands of photographs.'
One woman, Angela Gordon, told police how George approached her as she opened the door to her flat opposite his home and asked: 'Do you live here?' He allegedly told her he was in the SAS and asked to kiss her. Miss Gordon rebuffed his advances and fled into her home. A photograph of her car was later found on undeveloped film at George's home.
Another woman, Amanda Scriven, claimed that George would follow her on his bike as she walked from Parsons Green tube station. He did it in a manner 'designed to intimidate' and refused to stop, even when challenged. Mr Laidlaw said: 'On one occasion, he held a camera to Miss Scriven's face and took pictures until she pushed it away.'
Mr Laidlaw said a woman named Claudia Casey was also targeted in the street by George. 'She tried to get away from him by walking more quickly but he grabbed her arm and said, "But I only want to talk". She was terrified and jumped into the passenger seat of a passing car and explained to the driver what had gone on.'
Mr Laidlaw said: 'Whilst others in the Fulham area might have regarded the defendant as a lonely, harmless individual there is evidence of a more sinister aspect to his pursuit of women.
The court heard that George once had a gun which 'could have been converted into the sort of weapon which was used to kill Miss Dando'.
He enlisted for training with the Territorial Army under the name S.F. Majors in 1981. He stayed for a year and although he did not complete basic training, he attended weapons courses which involved firing, stripping and assembling selfloading rifles and machine guns.
In 1982, he was also a member of a gun club and took part in pistol shooting.
When police raided his home in 2000, they discovered a large collection of books, magazines and cards relating to guns, weapons, the military and military techniques.
There was also a photograph of George wearing a military respirator-and holding a handgun.
In about 1985 George was living in bed-and-breakfast accommodation in Gloucester Road, West London, under the name Thomas Palmer.
He showed David Dobbins, who lived there with his family, an imitation Heckler and Koch machine gun.
He showed another resident a handgun, a machine pistol and a silver-coloured handgun.
The following year the Dobbins family moved to a basement flat nearby. One evening George knocked at the door, dressed in combat gear and wearing a balaclava. He charged into the hallway holding a handgun and there was a loud bang, which caused panic.
He left, putting the gun in the waistband of his jeans.
Soon afterwards, when George was living in Crookham Road, David Dobbins broke into his flat and found both an MP5 machine gun and the handgun shown in the photograph as well as other military equipment. Mr Mahoney took the handgun and some blank ammunition, which he was able to fire in the gun.
Mr Laidlaw said it appears the silver handgun was never found and its whereabouts remain unknown.
George's story about where he was when Jill Dando was shot has changed over the years. At first, he claimed he was at home in Crookham Road, a few streets from the scene of the murder, at 11.30am, and attended a support centre for the disabled at 12.45.
But later, he made a new statement, claiming he had been at the centre all the time. The prosecution alleges he lied about his alibi and will use CCTV evidence and testimony from witnesses who saw him after the killing.
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