Who is Jill Dando's brother Nigel and what has he said about her murder? | The Sun
In 1999, one of the BBC’s most high-profile presenters, Jill Dando, died of a gunshot wound to the head outside her home in West London.
Following her passing, her brother Nigel has publicly spoken of his sister and the theories surrounding her death.
Who is Jill Dando's brother Nigel?
Nigel is a retired journalist from Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset.
He is also the brother of the late BBC newsreader and Crimewatch host Jill Dando, who died of a gunshot wound to the head outside her home in Fulham, West London, in 1999.
What has Nigel Dando said about Jill's death?
Nigel dismisses any alternative theories surrounding his sister's death and sticks to his belief that her killer was a lone gunman acting spontaneously.
He rejects the suggestion that it was the work of an underworld don who wanted revenge on her for fronting Crimewatch, or that it was a Serbian warlord after she made TV pleas for cash to help Kosovan refugees.
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Ahead of the release of Netflix's new documentary, Who Killed Jill Dando?, which hopes to shed light on the cold case, Nigel said: ''My belief is that it was someone who was in that street who was armed, saw Jill, recognised her and for whatever reason wanted five minutes of notoriety and killed her.''
He added: ''When you sit back and think about it and look at the evidence there is, I just think (an organised hit) is highly unlikely.
''To organise something like that, probably Jill would have had to have been followed, or someone would have had to have been in her street 24/7.
''But Jill didn’t actually live at her home in Gowan Avenue at the time.
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''She was toing and froing between the house where she lived in Chiswick with her fiance, Alan.
''Nobody could have known when she was going to be at her house.''
Discussing his late sister's relationship and engagement to her top gynaecologist boyfriend Alan Farthing, Nigel said: ''She was at the peak of her professional and private life — she was high profile on TV and had just got engaged, they were making wedding plans for five months after she was murdered.
''It’s not a work of fiction, sadly, it actually happened.
''She had her whole life ahead of her. I can believe it’s been 25 years because I’ve lived through those 25 years.
''But what I’m amazed by is the interest in Jill, who she was, her career and obviously in her murder.
''But she was ubiquitous back then. It’s a bit like talking about Gary Lineker, who if he’s not on Match of the Day is munching crisps, you know. You see him everywhere.
''If he met a similar fate to Jill, we’d still be talking about it 25 years from now.
''Because it's the combination of the most horrendous thing and the most high profile person.”
And, although the case remains officially closed, Nigel firmly believes the Metropolitan Police did all they could at the time.
He said: ''I’ve never ever thought it was scandalous. Some crimes just don’t get solved and I think Jill’s case falls into that category.
''When you see this documentary it casts a fresh light, not least the police inquiry. It sounds mad, doesn’t it?
''For somebody to be gunned down on their doorstep in broad daylight in what you’d think would be a busy street in London.
''But actually that wasn’t a busy street. I can remember walking outside Jill’s house once to buy a paper one morning and I never saw a soul until I got to the newspaper shop.
''The clues that you assume would be there, were not there either.
''I’ve never had a problem with the police and the investigation and I don’t have an issue with it now.”
Nearly 25 years after Jill's death, Nigel has revealed he is not going to give up appearing in documentaries like the one released by Netflix.
He said: ''It’s a long shot now because we’re 24 years down the road but I hope that it might just jog someone’s memory about what happened on that day.
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''Or it might just prick someone’s conscience and they say, ‘Yeah it was me and I’m going to go to the police and confess — it is highly unlikely.
''I know that sounds heartbreaking, but now I don’t find it heartbreaking. It’s just a fact.''
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