How Much Did Barry George Get As Compensation? Why Did Barry George Not Get Compensation?

Two years after Barry George’s acquittal, the Ministry of Justice denied a claim of £1.4million compensation made by Barry for “wrongful imprisonment” for Jill Dando’s murder.

Then, in August 2010 the High Court ruled that Barry was entitled to a judicial review of the case.

In 2013, he lost his legal battle for compensation as a victim of a “miscarriage of justice”.

The case could have opened the way for him to claim up to £500,000 for lost earnings and wrongful imprisonment.

Lord Justice Beatson and Mr Justice Irwin had rejected his claim that the Justice Secretary unfairly and unlawfully decided he was “not innocent enough to be compensated”.

They ruled that the Secretary of State was “entirely justified in the conclusion he reached”.

Lord Justice Richards, had rejected an application by Mr George for permission to challenge the decision.

He announced that the 53-year-old – who was present in court for the ruling – had “no realistic prospects” of success on appeal.

It was argued on his behalf that the decision to refuse compensation was “defective and contrary to natural justice”.

But Lord Justice Beatson and Mr Justice Irwin ruled that he had “failed the legal test” to receive an award.

Miss Jill Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham, west London, in April 1999.

After 8 years imprisonment, George was acquitted of killing the 37-year-old BBC presenter at a retrial in August 2008.