Killer Barry George’s uncle Mike Burke stated in his book;
Belmarsh is a holding prison for prisoners awaiting trial so shortly after his conviction Barry was moved to HMP Whitemoor, in Cambridgeshire.
Mike Burke
2002 – HMP Whitemoor
Referring to the 7th April 2002 Mike Burke stated;
Uncle Mike Burke
On Sunday April 7th I heard on BBC Radio 4 news that the News of the World had a cassette tape of Barry apparently confessing to the murder.
I bought the paper and read the story which I found difficult to believe.
It alleged that Barry said to other prisoners ‘…because I was the man who committed the murder’.
I phoned the number given and listened to the tape recording which sounded like Barry though the sound quality was very poor.
I had warned him that something like that could happen.
The source of the tape was a by then deported Polish thief who claimed he used his tape recorder to record fellow prisoner’s music.
Mike Burke from his book Mike’s Story: The Battle to Clear Barry George of the Murder of Jill Dando first published in June 2011
Excerpts from the Irish Examiner read;
Detectives are set to study a tape on which Barry George is claimed to admit murdering Jill Dando.
The News of the World reports George was recorded by a fellow prisoner during a conversation.
George was convicted last year of the BBC presenter’s murder but has always maintained his innocence.
His appeal against the conviction will be heard soon.
On the tape a voice asks:
“Why did the police arrest you in the first place, do you think?”
Another voice, said to be George’s, replies:
“Why? Because I, I was the person who committed the murder.”
There is no confirmation yet that the voice is George’s and the dialogue on the tape is muffled, indistinct and even inaudible in parts.
It is also said to contain an involved discussion about the timing of alibis and the nature of the trial judge’s directions to the jury, reports The News of the World .
The tape is said to have been recorded accidentally by Rafal Gutarewicz while he and George were in Whitemoor Prison.
He was trying to record himself playing a keyboard and accidentally left the tape running.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said:
“We will study any potential new evidence carefully. We are not prepared to discuss the issue further while the case is subject to appeal.”
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