April 2003"After the murder of the television star, Jill Dando, it was claimed - falsely - that detectives went to him to ask whether her killing was the work of a hitman"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jul/28/ukcrime.stevenmorris"
I won't Stop until I clear my name https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/30/kevin-lane-robert-magill-charlie-wilson-interview-nick-hopkinsApril 1999"Speculation focussed immediately on a possible motive for the attack which stunned her friends, family and colleagues. Because of her fame and high profile, the possibility that she had been targeted by a stalker was seen as a potential motive. She had not expressed any fears for her personal safety to colleagues and friends could think of her no reason for the attack.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/27/duncancampbell.rorycarrollApril 1999"Many hitmen are never caught, although Kevin Lane, 26, known as "The Executioner", was jailed in 1996 for the murder of the millionaire businessman Robert Magill, who was shot while walking his dohttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/dando-murder-a-choice-of-contract-killers-is-now-available-from-just-pounds-1000-1090053.html
May 1999"Although the BBC has received several death threats since Dando's murder from alleged Serb terror groups, police still believe the killer is most likely to be someone with a more direct connection to Jill, real or imagined
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/may/02/theobserver.uknewsApril 2000"They told the police that the killing was a "Mickey Mouse" affair, committed by an "amateur", and not the work of a professional hitman, said Detective Chief Inspector Hamish Campbell, the officer heading the murder hunt.
The 45-strong Dando squad now believe that the killer is most likely a man obsessed with the television presenter who had a knowledge of firearms, possibly through a gun club.
A profiler used by Scotland Yard believes the "skilled amateur" responsible is extremely unlikely to strike again.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/hitmen-tell-police-dando-killing-is-work-of-amateur-281601.htmlMay 2000"Police confirmed that the information which led to the arrest was given to the police several weeks ago - before the BBC television Crimewatch programme appeal to mark the first anniversary of her death on April 26 - but could not be acted on immediately.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/may/26/sarahhall.nickhopkinsFeb 2001"Following his conviction, Lane says he was the victim of a sustained smear campaign. In various newspapers, he was dubbed the Executioner, and linked to other unsolved murders. They included the assassinations of Charlie Wilson, the Great Train Robber targeted on the Costa del Sol in 1990, and Karen Reed, a 33-year-old geophysicist, who was shot on the doorstep of her home in Surrey in April 1994 by a man posing as a pizza delivery rider. One report claimed Lane had also worked to order for the Russian mafia.
When the TV presenter Jill Dando was shot on the doorstep of her home in Fulham in April 1999, Lane's name cropped up again. At the time, detectives wanted advice from expert hitmen. Newspapers said they turned to Lane to ask whether Dando's murderer was the work of a professional.
"Nobody from the Dando team came to see me," he says. "It was rubbish, like most of the stuff that has been in the papers. Being wrongly convicted of one was bad enough. Then, overnight, I became a multiple murderer."
Lane says there is another story - his story - and it has only been half told. "Just hear me out," he says. "Then make up your own mind."
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