Article: Point blank! ; Gun pressed against Jill Dando's head

A SINGLE fatal bullet went into TV presenter Jill Dando's head just behind the top of the left ear and exited above the right ear, an Old Bailey jury was told today.

'An impression of the muzzle and foresight of the weapon used was discernible in the area surrounding the entry wound which suggested it had been pressed firmly against the left side of her head upon discharge,' said Mr Orlando Pownall, prosecuting.

He said the gun was not fitted with a silencer but because it was fired so close to the head, the noise of it firing would have been substantially reduced.

The prosecution alleges the gunman was unemployed Barry George, (41), from Fulham, south west London. He denies murdering 37 ...

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