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Sat 08 Aug 2008O'Dea feels 'vindicated' after campaigning for release

BRITAIN:AFTER BEING "immersed" in the case in recent years, Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea said he felt personally vindicated yesterday after Barry George was cleared of the murder of British television presenter Jill Dando.

The popular broadcaster was shot dead at the door of her west London home in 1999 and in 2001 Mr George was convicted of her murder.