The trial of five men accused of murder over the fatal shooting of Ashley Dale has continued for a second week.James Witham, of Ashbury Road in Huyton, 28-year-old Sean Zeisz, of Longreach Road in Huyton, 26-year-old Niall Barry, of Moscow Drive in Tuebrook, 28-year-old Joseph Peers, of Woodlands Road in Roby, and 28-year-old Ian Fitzgibbon, of Heigham Gardens in St Helens, have pleaded not guilty to murdering the Knowsley Council worker, conspiracy to murder her boyfriend Lee Harrison and conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon, namely a Skorpion submachine gun, and ammunition with intent to endanger life.
Witham, 41, has admitted the lesser charge of manslaughter, having shot the 28-year-old victim dead in her home on Leinster Road in Old Swan, Liverpool, in the early hours of August 21 last year. READ MORE: READ MORE: A sixth man - 25-year-old Kallum Radford, of Trentham Road in Kirkby - denies assisting an offender.
Here is everything Liverpool Crown Court heard during the second week of the trial:Day 5 - Monday, October 9The jury heard a phone attributed to Zeisz sent messages to Barry on the night they found out about the suicide of a mutual friend called Rikki Warnick.
It was the same night that Zeisz was reportedly informed that his ex-girlfriend, Olivia McDowell, had parked her car on the driveway of Jordan Thompson, nicknamed Dusty - who previously allegedly assaulted Zeisz at Glastonbury festival.
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