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Article: 'A call had been received claiming that Jill Dando's death was linked to Nato action in Serbia, and that the BBC's head of news would be next'
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 18, 2009
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Secret papers reveal shock and panic that swept Television Centre
after presenter's murder. By Robert Verkaik
Her death shocked a nation and led to a police hunt for her
killer which continues today. Ten years after Jill Dando was killed
with a single bullet to the head, confidential minutes disclosed to
The Independent reveal for the first time how the BBC responded to
the cold-blooded murder of its most popular television presenter.
The first reports alerting BBC staff reached the corporation's
head of news, Tony Hall, during a senior managers' meeting at
Broadcasting House on the morning of 26 April 1999. A telephone call
to Mr Hall said that Ms Dando, 37, had been attacked outside her ...