‘My explanation is that she was moving towards the rear door because that was her only route of escape. '
Ashley, 28, was hit by a bullet sprayed from a Skorpion submachine Council worker Ashley Dale was likely running for her ‘only escape’ when she was gunned down in her home by a hitman looking for her partner, a firearms expert told jurors. Ashley, 28, was hit by a bullet sprayed from a Skorpion submachine gun by James Witham moments after he burst into her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, in the early hours of August 21 last year.
‘It is my view that Ashley’s movements were from wherever she was, most likely in the living room where the television was on, when the door was smashed down. ‘She had then moved towards her only escape, the rear door, and the shooter followed the same route and fired shots in the direction that Ashley was attempting to escape.
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