Killer Barry George’s murder of Jill Dando took place on the 26th of April 1999 on the doorstep of Jill Dando’s home in Gowan avenue in Fulham, Southwest London.
It is thought predatory stalker, sexual deviant and assassin Barry George laid in wait for Jill Dando to return home before shooting Jill once in the head at around 11:32am.
Killer Barry George’s fraudulent public relations campaign was mentioned in Part 17f of The Truth Behind Actual, Factual Guilty Killer Simon Hall & His Deceitful Enablers Innocence Fraud Phenomenon Scam
Alfred George Referred To His Son Barry George As An Oddball
Excerpts from a 2001 media article headed Obsessive whose life of fantasy ended in deadly reality read;
Born on April 15 1960, at Hammersmith hospital, Barry Michael George was the youngest of his parents three children, and the only son.
Alfred, his father, was a lorry driver and special constable in the Metropolitan police.
He had met George’s mother Margaret in London and married her in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in July 1954, when she was 18.
George’s childhood was not easy.
His parents’ marriage was unstable and led to bitter divorce in December 1973, when Barry was 13.
Even then George had a fertile imagination, weaving fantasies around his favourite programme, Thunderbirds, which irritated his father, who believed his son was an “oddball” who had been “born naive”.
Excerpts by Nick Hopkins and Steven Morris for the Guardian headed Obsessive whose life of fantasy ended in deadly reality dated 3rd July 2001
Writer David James Smith stated in his book All About Jill, which was published in 2002, that “Alfred had been a bus driver in those days and in addition to being a prison officer, was also a fire officer and a special constable. He had been in the Army on National Service after the war”.
Mike Burke (Bourke) Barry George’s Uncle
Uncle Mike Burke, a brother of Margaret’s, stated in his book;
I first met Barry in 1964 when Margaret brought him from London to the family house in Limerick for a holiday.
He was four and I was nine.
I thought that he was very spoilt by Margaret but he was an only son.
I next met him in 1973, when I moved to London.
Barry was now thirteen, his parent’s marriage had ended and his father had left for a new family.
He was attending Heathermount School ‘for difficult boys’, but would come home to his mother for holidays.
His sister Susan was also living at home in East Acton.
Barry and Susan were always bickering, as kids do. ‘
The terrible twins’ we would call them, though Susan was two years older than Barry.
He was very quiet at first, withdrawn, but he slowly came out of his shell.
I fixed up his old fashioned ‘High Nellie’ bicycle, and while the other kids in the street had modern choppers Barry could be seen doing quite impressive wheelies up and down Fitzneal Street.
He liked my David Bowie records, and my Honda CB 250cc motorbike.
‘Mike the bike’ he would call me.
He showed me around London, and he was quite streetwise.
His sister Michelle lived in Barnes with her father and his new partner Barbara, or Babs and their fierce little Chiwawa dog which kept Michelle’s boyfriends at bay.
It was a friendly lively household which I visited a few times; taking along some of my LP’s which we would play.
In late August 1973 Michelle borrowed my suitcase, went to Ireland for a holiday, liked it and stayed ever since.
Barry missed his father and Michelle, some say that he felt abandoned.
One evening around midnight he still had not come home, and his mother asked me to make some checks.
I went around to the public phone box and phoned his father in Barnes, but I was told that Barry was not there.
I then phoned the police and explained the situation to them.
Some time later Barry and his father arrived at the house, and there followed an interesting conversation between both parents at the front door as they complimented each other with regard to their parenting skills.
One morning in the summer of 1974 we were having an argument, quite nasty I suppose, as teenagers can be.
As I was walking to the kitchen Barry seemed to come out of nowhere and floored me with a kick.
He had been hiding, waiting in an alcove for me.
I was winded, and Barry immediately bolted for the front door and was well away before I could catch him.
He did not return to the house until late in the evening.
He lived at home for a time after leaving school but could not get on with his stepdad Eddie who though being an honest hard worker found it difficult to tolerate young people.
Barry managed to persuade the council to house him and everybody was happy again.
In 1977 I took a temporary job as a Security Guard, working with a collection of Australian and New Zealand backpackers and ex Rhodesian and South African soldiers at the Earls Court motor show.
We worked in close cooperation with the police who would back us up if hostile members of the public ignored the instructions of us ‘Little Hitler’s’.
One of my main tasks involved guarding Sir Donald Campbell’s 400mph + Bluebird record setting car and the new Four Wheel Drive vehicles on which the gorgeous Woolworth girls would daintily sit to the song ‘Who wants to be a millionaire’, every 30 minutes.
I was sick of that song.
I would also check visitor’s bags and briefcases with a sniffer device for detecting explosives etc.
Barry thought it was hilarious that I, a ‘Paddy just off the boat’ was selected as one of the ‘guards tasked to keep the royal fans in check when Princess Margaret performed the official opening ceremony.
Looking back I also find it a little surprising but I guess the police would have checked us all out by then.
Excerpts by Mike Burke from Mike’s Story: The Battle to Clear Barry George of the Jill Dando Murder published in June 2011
Sister Michelle (Michealina) Diskin Bates Re-Writing History
Michelle Diskin Bates, who was mentioned in Part 19o here is the oldest sister of Barry George.
Michelle and Barry’s sister Susan, who was born on the 5th of February 1958, passed away at the age of 28 after apparently having “swallowed her tongue during an epileptic fit”.
Uncle Mike Burke omits any reference to the tragedy of his niece Susan’s passing from his book and Michelle Diskin Bates stated in her book that her sister Susan “..had died in 1987 in an epileptic seizure”.
While Michelle Diskin Bates did refer to having mourned the loss of a house she once lived in, in Creighton close, White City, it is not known exactly what impact Susan’s passing had on either Michelle Diskin Bates or Barry George.
Although aunt Elizabeth did state “Barry never got over Susan’s death. He missed her terribly”.
Referring to killer Barry George, David James Smith wrote in his book on the passing of sister Susan Towler;
Susan later spent time in locked psychiatric wards.
She died in April 1986 when she choked after swallowing her tongue during a seizure, while in the early stages of pregnancy.
His sister Susan died in 1986 and his father returned from Australia for her funeral, which Barry did not attend.
His father had been home before for a couple of years and there had been sporadic contact between them, after no contact at all for eight years.
They had met at Michelle’s wedding in Ireland to which Barry had apparently hitchhiked.
Alfred had visited Barry while he was on remand in Brixton prison accused of rape and Barry had told him he had stopped when the girl said no.
His father terminated all contact with him again after that.
He didn’t want Barry around his daughters in his second family, he said.
He bumped into Barry in the street a couple of weeks after Susan’s funeral and noted the expensive looking camera around his sons neck.
Barry said he was keen on photography.
Barry had asked for some money, and his father had given him a fiver and they had parted.
They had not spoken again after that, although his father had written occasionally and sent birthday and Christmas cards.
Excerpts by David James Smith from his book All About Jill published in 2002
Why The Different Stories?
Michelle Diskin Bates told a different story to the story told by her uncle Mike Bourke regarding her father Alfred George and his partner Barbara/Babs.
Michelle Diskin Bates referred to living in Creighton Close in White City and Fitzneal Street in Shepherds Bush, but made no mention of Barnes.
Which is odd given the fact her uncle Mike Bourke made reference to his niece Michelle living “in Barnes with her father and his new partner Barbara”.
Barnes is a district in south London and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Michelle Diskin Bates also didn’t refer to her uncle Mike’s previous statement on how Barry missed his father and Michelle. Nor did Michelle make any comment on Mike’s statement that Barry George had felt abandoned.
Instead Michelle Diskin Bates story reads;
Mum and Dad separated acrimoniously in 1967, eventually divorcing in 1973.
I was twelve at the time of separation, and we children stayed with Mum in the flats in White City.
Excerpt by Michelle Diskin Bates from Stand Against Injustice (Published in October 2018)
It is not known exactly why Michelle Diskin Bates chose to go and live with her father Alfred George and his new partner Barbara.
It is also not known in what year exactly Michelle moved in with her father and his partner or for how long she lived with them.
However by August 1973, at 18 years of age, Michealina George, as she was called back then, moved to Ireland.
She stated in her October 2018 book;
Not having lived in the UK since 1973, I hadn’t really been following the case about the senseless murder of a much-loved TV presenter; it was a crime that had taken place in London and I’d felt somewhat removed from it.
Michelle Diskin Bates from her book Stand Against Injustice
Although recently, Michelle Diskin Bates claimed on one of her social media accounts that she “..arrived in Cork in 1974”;
A media article from 2001 read;
“I lived with him up until he was 13, when I moved to Ireland.
“There was nothing odd or different about him then.
It wasn’t until I was older I realised Barry had disabilities.
“His problems are quite subtle but my sister Susan overshadowed him with her disabilities
“I suppose she had the limelight.
Barry was quiet and always very polite and well spoken”
Ms Diskin said she hadn’t seen her brother much over the 20 years they were apart but she did know he had problems with normal life.
Excerpts by Nicola Tallent article headed MY ‘BOYCHILD’ BROTHER DIDN’T MURDER DANDO; Sister’s support for killer George dated 2001
Michelle Diskin Bates also stated in her book;
Unfortunately, Barry did go on to acquire a criminal record.
He was convicted of indecent assault in 1981 and was given a suspended sentence.
In 1983, he was convicted of an attempted rape and was imprisoned for eighteen months, serving both sentences consecutively.
I visited him in prison during this period, but it was not a comfortable time for Barry.
I was incensed at his behaviour and let him know it.
Excerpts by Michelle Diskin Bates from her book Stand Against Injustice published in October 2018
However Michelle Diskin Bates had also stated that she saw her brother Barry George on a “rare” visit to London in 1988. Excerpts from her book regarding this read;
Having moved to Ireland, it was rare for me to travel back to London.
Fares were prohibitive, especially if you were travelling with children, so the next time I recall meeting up with Barry was in 1988 when I brought my two children to stay with Mum in London.
Sadly, Barry and I lost touch after this
Excerpts by Michelle Diskin Bates from her book Stand Against Injustice published in October 2018
Their uncle Mike Bourke made reference to his nephew Barry being at Michelle’s wedding in 1982, which their sister Susan also attended, along with their mother Margaret (Mike’s sister) and their father Alfred.
Michelle Diskin Bates omitted the fact her brother Barry George had caught the ferry over to Ireland to attend her wedding to Pat, which took place on the 31st of July 1982.
Michelle also omitted to mention her step-dad Eddie.
The only Eddie mentioned in Michelle Diskin Bates book was the man who murdered his eight and a half months pregnant wife Paula Guilfoyle on the 4th of June 1992 – Eddie Gilyfoyle.
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