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Dando found 'slumped in doorway' Dando found 'slumped in doorway'
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A neighbour of Jill Dando has told a jury that she found her slumped in her doorway, blood on her face and clothes. A neighbour of Jill Dando has told a jury that she found the television presenter slumped in her doorway, blood on her face and clothes.
In a statement read at the Old Bailey trial of Barry George, Helen Doble said she saw Miss Dando's body as she walked past the house in Fulham, west London.In a statement read at the Old Bailey trial of Barry George, Helen Doble said she saw Miss Dando's body as she walked past the house in Fulham, west London.
She saw the TV presenter was slumped awkwardly and not breathing. "It was obvious she was dead," she said. She saw Miss Dando slumped awkwardly and not breathing. "It was obvious she was dead," she said.
Mr George denies murdering Miss Dando on 26 April, 1999.Mr George denies murdering Miss Dando on 26 April, 1999.
Ms Doble had been walking past the house when she decided to see if Miss Dando was in.Ms Doble had been walking past the house when she decided to see if Miss Dando was in.
"As I looked into the doorway I saw a woman slumped in the doorway," she said."As I looked into the doorway I saw a woman slumped in the doorway," she said.
I was very frightened by what I saw. I could not see her breathing. She was a strange colour. Helen DobleI was very frightened by what I saw. I could not see her breathing. She was a strange colour. Helen Doble
"It took me a few seconds to realise it was Jill Dando."It took me a few seconds to realise it was Jill Dando.
"I saw there was a lot of blood around her face and clothes. She was slumped awkwardly with her head resting on the front door."I saw there was a lot of blood around her face and clothes. She was slumped awkwardly with her head resting on the front door.
"The front door was closed. I saw the left hand was blue. I saw she was wearing her engagement ring.""The front door was closed. I saw the left hand was blue. I saw she was wearing her engagement ring."
Ms Doble thought she had been stabbed and called emergency services.Ms Doble thought she had been stabbed and called emergency services.
"I was very frightened by what I saw. I could not see her breathing. She was a strange colour. To me it was obvious she was dead.""I was very frightened by what I saw. I could not see her breathing. She was a strange colour. To me it was obvious she was dead."
The court also heard from Rosario Torres who said she saw Mr George later that day in an "agitated" state.The court also heard from Rosario Torres who said she saw Mr George later that day in an "agitated" state.
Ms Torres said he arrived at centre for the disabled where she worked, smartly dressed in a yellow shirt, at around lunchtime.Ms Torres said he arrived at centre for the disabled where she worked, smartly dressed in a yellow shirt, at around lunchtime.
'Stressed out''Stressed out'
He was clutching a "bunch of papers" in his hand, saying: "I need help, I need help, I need help."He was clutching a "bunch of papers" in his hand, saying: "I need help, I need help, I need help."
Ms Torres added: "This man was very stressed out and kind of agitated. He said: 'Nobody wants to see me, my GP doesn't want to see me'."Ms Torres added: "This man was very stressed out and kind of agitated. He said: 'Nobody wants to see me, my GP doesn't want to see me'."
He returned to the centre two days later, she said. He returned to the centre two days later, she said, and mentioned that he had taken flowers to Miss Dando's house.
"He mentioned: 'I have just been taking some flowers to Jill Dando's house'." Another witness who worked with Ms Torres, Elaine Hutton, said Mr George was anxious that he "resembled" the man police were seeking in connection with the murder.
On his second visit he wanted to know the exact time he had been there two days before, as he had an appointment with his solicitor who would want to know, she told the court.
"He said that the man police were looking for in connection with the murder of Jill Dando resembled him, although it could be anybody."
'Disturbed' by conversation
Mr George was "quite desperate" to speak to the staff member who had dealt with him previously, but she was not there, Ms Hutton said.
"Ultimately because he wasn't going to leave the building without having an approximate time I told him that I thought it was about 11 o'clock. He didn't seem at all happy with that answer."
She said she was so "disturbed" by the conversation that she immediately wrote a two-page note that later formed the basis of her statement to police.
Ms Hutton said on reflection her "best guess" for the time of Mr George's visit on the first occasion was just before noon.
The Crimewatch host, 37, was shot through the head at about 1130 BST on her doorstep.The Crimewatch host, 37, was shot through the head at about 1130 BST on her doorstep.
Mr George, of Fulham, who was originally tried for her killing in 2001, is being retried. Mr George, of Fulham, who was first tried for her killing in 2001, is being retried after the Court of Appeal ruled that the orginal jury's guilty verdict was unsafe.