But they didn't get away with it, did they. That is the point. But he spent a long time in prison during the process.
Are you claiming the police initially went after George because they didn't like him?
"Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said Dando's death had been the result of the actions of "a loner, a man acting alone with no rational motive to kill".
He said George, 48, had a history of complex medical problems and had told police he had a "personality disorder".
"He had a fixation with the famous and with celebrities," the prosecutor said. "For many years, he lived out the fantasy by calling himself after, and adopting the names of, various entertainers."
George changed his name twice by deed poll, once to Paul Gadd, the real name of the singer Gary Glitter, and then to Steve Majors, an amalgamation of Steve Austin, the protagonist of the TV programme The Six Million Dollar Man, and Lee Majors, the actor who played the role.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jun/09/ukcrime