Detective turned TV sleuth Mark Williams-Thomas has also said the former Crimewatch presenter influenced the Met s investigation because he was so sure George killed Jill.
The former BBC host has dismissed suggestions Jill was shot by a Serbian hitman and said Barry George would have an uphill task to prove his innocence in any new hearing.
Robert Zagajski whose father Djuro was murdered by Serbian hitmen in 1983 in Germany, is convinced there is evidence of a link between the Serbian hitmen who committed attacks in Germany and the murder of Jim Dando
Mr Ross, now 76, told MailOnline that his friend was uniquely generous . The pair fronted Crimewatch together from 1995 until her death 25 years ago today.