Niall Barry is one of five men currently on trial accused of murdering 28-year-old council worker
One of the men accused of murdering Ashley Dale made arrangements to be smuggled out of the country hidden inside a lorry by "Gus the Fixer".
He said: "You said earlier today that you were shocked and saddened once you had discovered that James Witham had killed Ashley Dale."Mr Greaney, referencing his account that he and co-accused Sean Zeisz had dropped a quantity of cannabis at an address later the same day, continued: "In that state, you completed a drug deal the next morning."Mr Greaney said of his evidence that he and another co-defendant, Ian Fitzgibbon.
Mr Greaney: "You were going to have to be picked up in the Midlands or south of England and transported to mainland Europe. How were you going to be smuggled?”Mr Greaney: "You were going to be smuggled out in a lorry, obviously there was going to be a cost involved. Give us an idea how much you were prepared to spend to flee the country."Mr Greaney: "You were making plans to flee because you had been involved in the plot."Mr Greaney: "That’s why you were running.
The court heard that, at around 11.40pm on August 20 2022, two men approached Ashley’s white Volkswagen T-Roc car - which was parked outside the house - and slashed its tyres, causing the alarm to sound, in an effort to "lure" the occupants out. But it is thought Ashley believed the alarm had been set off by heavy rain and did not leave her house.
Mr Greaney said that "certain events at Glastonbury Festival" in June 2022 had "played an important part" in the alleged motive behind the attack, adding: "Ashley Dale and Lee Harrison, her boyfriend, attended the festival, as did at least four of the defendants - Sean Zeisz, Niall Barry, Ian Fitzgibbon and James Witham. A group of other young men from Liverpool were also present, one of whom was a person called Jordan Thompson - who was known as Dusty.
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