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Man admits manslaughter of council worker shot dead in home but denies murder

A man has admitted the unlawful killing of a council worker shot dead at home. James Witham, 41, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Ashley Dale, 28, at a Liverpool Crown Court hearing on Thursday, a court spokesman said. Witham, of Ashbury Road, ...

21 Sept 2023 at 16:58

Murder accused said he would shoot victim’s boyfriend, court hears

A man accused of the murder of a council worker said he would shoot her boyfriend, according to messages she sent to friends in the weeks before her death. Environmental health worker Ashley Dale, 28, was hit in the abdomen by a bullet when gunman ...

09 Oct 2023 at 16:58

Four men convicted of murder of woman shot with machine gun in her home

Four men have been convicted of the murder of a woman who was shot with a machine gun in her home after a feud involving her boyfriend. Environmental health officer Ashley Dale, 28, was killed when gunman James Witham, 41, forced open the door of ...

20 Nov 2023 at 16:28

Four men to be sentenced over machine gun murder of Ashley Dale

Four men are due to be sentenced for the murder of a 28-year-old woman who was shot with a machine gun in her home. Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was killed when gunman James Witham, 41, forced his way into her home in Old Swan, ...

22 Nov 2023 at 02:45

Ashley Dale’s shooting was ‘act of reckless madness’, court told

The shooting of a council worker in her home was an “act of reckless madness” but not a targeted attack, the lawyer defending the gunman has told his trial. James Witham, 41, admits the manslaughter of Ashley Dale, 28, who he fatally ...

14 Nov 2023 at 15:40

Jury in trial of woman shot in home retires to consider verdicts

The jury in the trial of five men accused of the murder of a 28-year-old woman shot with a machine gun in her own home has retired to consider its verdicts. Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was killed when a gunman broke into ...

17 Nov 2023 at 16:34

Ashley Dale’s father talks of ‘history repeating itself’ after son’s 2015 murder

The father of Ashley Dale said “history had repeated itself” when she was killed almost seven years after his youngest son was shot dead. Ashley Dale, 28, was shot with a Skorpion machine gun in her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, in ...

22 Nov 2023 at 15:00

Gunman who killed Ashley Dale tells court he has had year of ‘torture’

A man who admits shooting a 28-year-old woman in her home with a machine gun told a court the last year has been “torture” for him. Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was shot with a Skorpion machine pistol in Old Swan, ...

08 Nov 2023 at 16:12

Gunman who killed Ashley Dale ‘lying to get co-defendants out of it’, court told

A gunman accused of murdering a 28-year-old woman in her home is lying to get his co-defendants “out of it”, a court has been told. Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was shot with a Skorpion machine gun in her home in ...

10 Nov 2023 at 15:43

Ashley Dale killers made more than £2m from crime, court told

Two of the killers of 28-year-old council worker Ashley Dale made a total of more than £2 million from crime but have only been ordered to pay back £1 each. Ms Dale, an environmental health worker, was killed when gunman ...

06 Sept 2024 at 17:00

Boyfriend of murder victim jailed for drug offences

The boyfriend of a woman who was killed in a shooting has been jailed for five years for conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Ashley Dale, 28, was killed when a gunman forced his way into her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, ...

21 Feb 2025 at 15:41

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