Almost 25 years on from BBC presenter Jill Dando being murdered outside her house in Fulham, West London, a new Netflix show ‘Who Killed Jill Dando?’ will analyse the mystery
Almost 25 years after his sister Jill Dando was shot dead on her doorstep, her brother Nigel clings to the hope that the popular TV presenter’s killer will one day be found and face justice.
Jill was 37 when she was murdered in broad daylight outside her house in Fulham, west London, on April 26, 1999. It triggered the largest criminal investigation since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, but we are still no closer to knowing who fired the gun.
Now 71-year-old Nigel hopes that will change, and a new Netflix documentary, Who Killed Jill Dando?, could be key. Over a cup of coffee at his home in Portishead, Somerset, not far from where he and Jill grew up in Weston-super-Mare, Nigel tells me: “I’m hoping the documentary will jog someone’s memory. I still have hope, but as time goes on I realise it’s less likely that Jill’s killer will be found.
“If someone has got a vital piece of evidence somewhere, or knows anything about the killer, I hope they can come forward. That way we will finally get some closure.” Jill was a much-loved broadcaster, known for her work on BBC breakfast TV, as well as Crimewatch with Nick Ross, and the Holiday travel programme.