Serb assassin looks like the man I saw... I had a good look at him

A KEY witness says the man he saw running close to the Jill Dando murder scene looked like Serbian assassin Milorad Ulemek.

- BY TOM PETTIFOR Crime Editor and MATTHEW YOUNG

The witness, who does not want to be named, was driving a van nearby shortly after the Crimewatch host, 37, was shot at home on April 26, 1999.

He told police two days later that a man in a dark suit sprinted in front of his Ford Transit without looking in Fulham, South West London.

And after looking at pictures of Ulemek, he told the Daily Mirror: “He does look like the man I saw.”

It comes after a female witness told us last year that she was certain she had seen Ulemek sprinting along the same part of the Fulham Palace Road.

Ulemek, now 57, led a unit of hitmen who targeted opponents of brutal Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic, who died in 2006 while being tried for war crimes.

It was feared Jill had been targeted because she fronted a BBC charity appeal for Kosovan refugees 20 days before she was killed.

The lead barrister in the prosecution of Milosevic has said Ulemek should be investigated over Jill's murder in light of the Mirror's investigation.

Sir Geoffrey Nice KC said: “I would encourage police to be open minded given there are new pieces of evidence that may not have been considered. It'd be helpful if they are considered.”