Police are reviewing footage of a man at Putney Bridge station after the Crimewatch presenter was shot in 1999.

Police are reviewing footage of a man at Putney Bridge station after the Crimewatch presenter was shot in 1999.

Police are reviewing footage of a man at Putney Bridge station after the Crimewatch presenter was shot in 1999.

37-year-old BBC broadcaster was shot in 1999 in case detectives have previously said may never be solved

Police are reviewing footage of a man at Putney Bridge station after the Crimewatch presenter was shot in 1999.

Police are reviewing footage of a man at Putney Bridge station after the Crimewatch presenter was shot in 1999.

Metropolitan Police re-examining CCTV from the night of the Crimewatch presenter’s murder in Fulham, west London 27 years ago

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are re-examining CCTV footage from the unsolved 1999 murder of BBC broadcaster Jill Dando, following recent advances in video enhancement technology. The footage, captured at Putney Bridge Underground station in west London on the night of the killing, shows an unidentified man known as 'Man X' walking along the assassin's suspected escape route approximately 20 minutes after Dando was shot dead on her doorstep in Fulham. Scotland Yard emphasised that this review forms part of ongoing inquiries into the case and should not be interpreted as a new investigation being opened. A police spokesperson stated that over the 27 years since Dando's murder, the investigation has been subject to numerous reviews aimed at identifying whether matters could be progressed with advances in technology and forensics. Recent improvements in CCTV enhancement technology have now provided investigators with the opportunity to re-examine the original footage with greater clarity. Jill Dando, a 37-year-old Crimewatch presenter, was killed with a single bullet on 26 April 1999. Barry George was initially convicted of her murder but was acquitted in 2008 following a retrial, and the case remains one of Britain's most high-profile unsolved crimes. Detectives have stressed that while the technological review represents progress, it does not constitute a significant new line of inquiry. The footage under examination had previously been stored in police archives and is now being analysed using the latest forensic imaging capabilities to sharpen details that were illegible in earlier reviews.

25 years on from her death, the case of Jill Dando remains one of the biggest mysteries in British criminal history. #lbc #jilldando #uk #crimewatch