Debut book demonstrates a shocking miscarriage of justice
Author: Anonymous
Chesterfield, UK June 14, 2004 — On the evening of 2 July 2001, S. C. Lomax was watching a televised reconstruction of the trial of Barry George, who had stood accused of the murder of the television presenter Jill Dando. The programme was to create a major interest about the case in his mind.
In April 1999 Dando had been brutally murdered, in broad daylight, outside her home in London, England.
A single bullet had been fired into the side of her head.
The shooting sparked one of the largest police investigations ever held in Britain, with up to fifty detectives working full-time and spending approximately, old pocket watches
, ยฃ2,000,000 in the course of the year long search for Dando’s killer.
In April 2000 Barry Michael George was arrested in connection with the offence and, in July 2001, George was convicted, by a majority, at the Old Bailey in London, of the murder.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment, having been told that he was โunpredictable and dangerous.โ
The evidence against George was described as โcompellingโ, yet the case of Barry George remains one of the most controversial in British criminal history. A witness believed she had seen George near to the victim’s home four and a half hours before the murder, yet she only saw the man for four to six seconds and did not identify George until eighteen months later.
More importantly the men who had seen the gunman fleeing the scene, immediately after the shooting, could not recognise George. Additionally a single particle of what was believed to be gunpowder was discovered in the pocket of a jacket belonging to George. As George had denied ever owning a real gun this allegedly suggested he was being deceitful. It was also claimed he had an obsession with Jill Dando because of the presence of eight articles regarding the presenter in his flat.
These articles were not cut out or highlighted in any way, and they were found within George’s collection over eight hundred newspapers.
After conducting detailed research into the case S. C. Lomax became convinced that George was not the man responsible for this crime. He felt compelled to write, old pocket watches
, a book discussing, old pocket watches
, all of the evidence so that the public could learn the truth about this case.
The Case of Barry George is the first book which presents the facts and argues that an innocent man has been incarcerated for a crime he could not possibly have committed.
From S. C. Lomax: โThe Case of Barry George aims to show that a man has been condemned to life imprisonment for a crime he simply did not commit. I hope that this book demonstrates that the evidence in this case in no way proved that Barry George was responsible for the murder of Jill Dando.
The evidence used against, old pocket watches
, him at trial was highly contentious and I believe that all should be concerned by this case. People should be concerned because if Barry could be convicted on evidence of the weakest nature, then the frightening reality, old pocket watches
, is that anyone could find themselves becoming the victim of a miscarriage of justice.โ
The Case of Barry, old pocket watches
, George is published by Kempton Marks and is available in paperback format, priced at $12.
99 (US) and is available through www.authorsonline.co.uk, www.amazon.com and www.amazon.ca. The book is also available as an E-book, details of which can be found at www.authorsonline.co.uk
S. C. Lomax, a former student of the University of Sheffield, has been writing for most of his life. After writing a number of unpublished short stories he turned his attention to non-fiction and immediately began to have work accepted for publication in magazines and on the Internet.
The Case of Barry George, his first book, is to be followed by a number of other books relating to cases of miscarriages of justice.
Kempton Marks is an imprint of Authors OnLine Ltd, the pioneer of Print on Demand (POD) technology in Britain. It is located in Hertford, United Kingdom, and has been in existence since 1997. It is a royalty-paying publisher specialising in E-books and printed books.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
S. C. Lomax โ” sclomax@kemptonmarks.co.uk
Kempton Marks, 40 Castle Street, Hertford, SG14 1HR, United Kingdom. E-mail theeditor@authorsonline.co.uk. Website www.authorsonline.co.uk
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