Ashley Dale, who was home alone with her small dog, was hit in the abdomen by a bullet causing “catastrophic” injuries after a gunman burst into her home in August last year.
A man on trial accused of plotting a murder which saw a woman shot dead in her own home may have been motivated by a years old feud, a trial has heard. Niall Barry is one of three men charged with “dispatching” a gunman to assassinate his former friend Lee Harrison.
The motive for the attack, Mr Greaney told the jury, was not "straightforward to explain". However he said an important factor was what happened at Glastonbury festival in June, an event Barry, Zeisz, Fitzgibbon, Witham, Harrison and Ashley all attended. "Dunno where he's popped back up from. He was in glasto. Pulled a big knife out to Ian Fitz and said where's Saz he's getting stabbed up." Sophie replied: "Omg what the hell....is that over when he got robbed?". Ashley said: "So like if ye gonna do something it's been three years. Yeah".
In one of the messages, Ashley stated Barry was "threatening to come here". She said: "Then he just disappeared for years and now someone's obv rattled his cage. It's scary cos he's on some pure rampage." "Fourth, that whilst at Glastonbury, Niall Barry had produced a big knife to Ian Fitzgibbon and said, "where's Saz, he's getting stabbed up'. Saz, you will recall, is the nickname of Lee Harrison, Ashley's boyfriend. Fifth, that Lee Harrison was 'with the Hillsiders' and had a lot of backing. The reference to 'Hillsiders' was plainly a reference to a particular group within Liverpool.
Top news stories today "Even though, in the result, he had not come down or, on this occasion, dispatched anyone else, this had been sufficient to cause Ashley 'terrible anxiety.' When you consider who was behind the attack on Leinster Road on 21st August, you should bear in mind where Ashley Dale believed the threat was coming from in late July 2022, just three weeks before her death. She believed the threat was coming from Niall Barry.
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