"Barry George has been charged with rape and two indecent assaults against a teenager alleged to have happened almost four decades ago, police have said. The Metropolitan police said they had charged George who now lives in County Cork, Ireland. Police said the alleged offences happened in west London against a 14-year-old girl in September 1987. George, 65, was wrongly convicted of murdering the BBC journalist Jill Dando. He spent eight years in jail for the 1999 killing, before being released in 2008 after a unanimous acquittal."
"The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the Metropolitan police service to charge a man after an investigation by detectives. The Met has issued a charge and requisition to Barry George, 65 (15/04/1960), of County Cork, Republic of Ireland, in connection with the following offences: one count of rape [and] two counts of indecent assault. It is alleged that a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on two separate occasions between 6 and 12 September 1987. The woman is now in her 50s. The incidents are reported to have taken place in west London."
Police have charged Barry George, 65, with one count of rape and two counts of indecent assault relating to alleged incidents in west London in September 1987. The alleged victim was 14 at the time and is now in her 50s. The Crown Prosecution Service authorised the Metropolitan Police to bring the charges after an investigation by detectives. The Met issued a charge and requisition to George, who is understood to be in Ireland, and sent the documents by post. Specially trained officers are supporting the woman who came forward. George is due to appear at Westminster magistrates' court on 29 October. George was previously wrongly convicted of the 1999 murder of BBC journalist Jill Dando, served eight years in prison, and was acquitted in 2008; the Dando killing remains unsolved.
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