Dando killer's 'real target': My horror

Journalist hopes claims false

- ANDY LINES

A FORMER BBC investigative reporter caught up in the Jill Dando murder has spoken of her horror at claims her life was in danger.

Lisa Brinkworth was named in court papers in France as being the intended victim not Crimewatch star Dando.

Last night Ms Brinkworth, 55, said she hoped the claims were incorrect.

She said: "Even if there was a tiny possibility, I don't know if I could live with that, so I'm hoping there's nothing in that. I try not to think about it. I really, really don't want it to be true."

Fashion tycoon Gerald Marie, who is claimed in the legal documents to be the man behind the shooting, remained in hiding yesterday.