'Sympathy' from evidence expert; THE FORENSICS.THE forensic scientist whose evidence put George behind bars for eight years said yesterday the loner loner Psychiatry A single young man estranged from society and family, who suffers from psychogenic pain, and tends to live 'on the edge', vacillating between aggression and depression; loners often have unrealistic goals, but are unable to work towards those goals "deserved sympathy" for his ordeal. Dr Robin Keeley told the first trial it was likely that a particle of firearms residue found in George's pocket had come from a gun he fired. But the Court of Appeal ruled last year the jury had been misled as the tiny speck could have come from anywhere - and ordered a retrial retrial n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based on obvious error, bias or newly-discovered evidence. (See: newly-discovered evidence) . Dr Keeley, who has retired from the Forensic Science Service This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , said it was never his job to decide if Barry George Barry George (born 15 April 1960) was convicted on 2 July 2001 of the murder of television presenter Jill Dando. On June 20, 2007 the BBC reported that George won the right to appeal his conviction.[1] Early life Barry George was born in Hammersmith, London. had been guilty. He said: "Everybody who gets locked up wrongly deserves respect and sympathy. I think he didn't have a happy life outside but it's different if you're wrongly imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- for seven years. "But you must understand that it was not my position as a forensic scientist to say whether or not he was guilty." Dr Keeley, a highly respected scientist, told colleagues after the first trial he was concerned at how his evidence came out. But the doubts remained unknown until the Criminal Cases Review Commission began an investigation in 2005. Dr Keeley, who was also working on "five or six" other murder cases at the time of the first trial, said: "I turned up at court, gave my evidence and pushed off." CAPTION(S): QUIZZED George is pictured being interviewed after his murder arrest |
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