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24.04.2024 - 08:33 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A witness who reported seeing a man "running for his life" from the Jill Dando murder scene has identified him as a Serbian assassin.
Soon after the Crimewatch presenter was shot dead outside her home on Monday, April 26, 1999, the woman was driving along Jill's killer's suspected escape route.
This Friday is the 25th anniversary of her killing. In a statement to police made the day after the murder, the witness said she saw the man sprinting with a startled look on his face.
Police files have revealed she picked him out to detectives in CCTV footage - and now a Mirror investigation has revealed the man bears a striking resemblance to ruthless Serbian assassin Milorad Ulemek.
Speaking on Monday, just minutes after she saw our sister title's story, the woman said: "It's him".
Asked if she was sure, she added: "Yes, I've no doubt... I'm a bit rattled, holy s***. It was a long time ago but I can remember faces from years and years back. I'm bad for remembering names but I'm good with faces."
She added: "I think I need to speak to the police." The CCTV was taken from Putney Bridge Tube station in South West London, around a mile from Jill's Fulham home, on April 26, 1999.
It is close to Putney Bridge bus stop, where a man who looked like a police e-fit suspect was last seen. But Scotland Yard never released the CCTV image. The female motorist, who has asked to remain anonymous, was one of four witnesses who described seeing a man in a suit running down Fulham Palace Road in the direction of the Tube station shortly after 11.30am.
Detectives said he fitted the description of the "sweating man" who got off the 74 bus at Putney Bridge a short time later. Jill's neighbour Richard Hughes, who saw the gunman, possibly carrying a mobile
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A man wanted for questioning in relation to the Jill Dando murder bears a striking resemblance to a Serbian secret services assassin, an investigation has revealed.