Following the high profile murder case of the former Crimewatch presenter, Jill Dando, Barry George left the UK for Ireland to avoid the media glare and pressures he received.
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He had been discharged and acquitted of the murder case in 2008, after being wrongfully imprisoned for eight years.
George has won damages from tabloid newspapers over various allegations published about him, at least twice pursuing these libel claims to the High Court.
In December 2009, following mediation, he accepted an undisclosed amount from Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers over articles published in The Sun and the News of the World.
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In May 2010 Mirror Group Newspapers settled with George after claims, unrelated to the Dando murder, that he had developed an obsession with singer Cheryl and newsreader Kay Burley.
In April 2010 it emerged that the Ministry of Justice had denied a claim of £1.4 million compensation made by George in respect of his wrongful imprisonment for Jill Dando’s murder.
The Justice Secretary decided he was “not innocent enough to be compensated”, judging from his past criminal records.
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