James Witham has admitted manslaughter but denies murdering 28-year-old council worker
Ashley Dale's killer has claimed he found the gun used to shoot her dead buried in a park after speaking to a pair of brothers called "Big Dave and Little Dave".
He had said on Tuesday during his evidence that he learned of the gun's existence after bumping into a friend, whom he said was called "Little Dave", while at the Everton v Nottingham Forest game at Goodison Park on the afternoon of August 20 2022. Little Dave had then reportedly phoned his brother, who was in Spain as he was "wanted for Encros" and apparently told Witham where the weapon was located and asked him if he could sell it.
Mr Greaney said: "What you explained was that Little Dave’s brother, Big Dave, was in Spain deriving from evidence in connection with an EncroChat device, you were at the Everton game and you spoke to big Dave. You didn’t speak to him on your phone, as there would be evidence either way wouldn’t there."Witham: "I used to work with him in Blackpool. I was on the phone for about 15, 20 minutes."Witham: "It was when we were in the match, before it kicked off.
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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