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A Serbian killer may be a prime suspect in the 1999 murder of TV star Jill Dando, an investigation has revealed.
A van driver who saw a man running near where Jill was killed said he looked like killer Milorad Ulemek.
The witness was driving near the spot where the television star, 37, was shot to death in her home on April 26, 1999.
After The Mirror showed photographs of the assassin to the main witness, he told the newspaper "he looks like the man I saw."
He told police two days later that he had seen a man wearing a dark suit running in front of his Ford Transit on Fulham Palace Road, South West London.
Another female witness said she was 'certain' she saw the bomber running along the same road at the same time, according to The Mirror.
The killer Ulemek, now 57, is said to have led a group of assassins targeting opponents of dictator Slobodan Milosevic.
Milosevic died in 2006 during his war crimes trial.
The lead prosecutor in the Milosevic case suggested investigating Ulemek.
Sir Geoffrey Nice KC said that "I would encourage the police to be open-minded as there is new evidence that may not have been considered and it would be useful if it were taken into account."
At the time of the TV star's mysterious murder, the war in the former Yugoslavia was ongoing and Great Britain had bombed Serbia.
After Jill's murder, the BBC reportedly received a call claiming the death was linked to the attack.
The van driver, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Mirror that police should investigate Ulemek - who is currently serving a 40-year sentence in a Serbian prison and has been convicted twice for murder.
In a statement at the time of the Crimewatch star's murder, the witness said: "I had to slam on the brakes to stop or I would have hit him. He ran out and I managed to stop about two or three metres away from him. I noticed the man was looking back from where he had just run away."
"I had a clear look with this male as he was about two or three meters away from me and he was in my eyes for about five seconds, maybe I would recognize him again," the witness said.
Recently, the key witness said that if he knew who the killer was, "he would have caught him."
He informed police that the suspect was wearing a dark "suit-type jacket" with matching trousers, 5ft 10 or 11, in his late 20s to early 30s, of average build with short black hair that was longer on top.
The description appears to match that given by the female driver, who is said to be 'certain' that the person she saw is Ulemek.
N6814 - the man seen in CCTV footage at a nearby tube station - is still wanted for questioning, the Met Police have said.
The Met closed the case 10 years ago - however, there have been calls for a new investigation into the matter from those including Ben Coleman, Labour MP, BBC correspondent John Simpson, former Met chief Det Supt Barry Webb and former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal.
Last year, Ulemek's lawyer, Aleksander Kovacevic, said the killer did not want to comment when asked if he killed Jill.
A Met spokesman said: "In the years since Jill Dando's murder, the investigation has been subject to numerous reviews, aiming to identify whether the cases could be progressed with advances in technology and forensics. The investigation is now at an inactive stage, meaning it is not currently subject to routine reviews."
"However, no unsolved murder has ever been closed and detectives would review any new information provided to assess whether it represented a new and realistic line of investigation." /Adapted from Pamphlet/
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