Ian Fitzgibbon Jr was jailed this week for his role in trafficking heroin and cocaine - the ECHO has looked back at his and his family's history of offending
When Ian Fitzgibbon Jr punched the air, celebrating being cleared of the murder of Ashley Dale, he probably doubted he would be back before the courts just months later to be jailed for separate offences. But this week, the son of notorious heroin trafficker Ian Sr, was unmasked as EncroChat user 'VimtoHawk' and jailed for nearly 15 years at the same court building where he was acquitted in November last year.
Ashley was struck by a bullet - it passed through her abdomen, causing catastrophic damage.' Certain events at Glastonbury in June 2022 were said to have played 'an important part' in the alleged motive behind the attack . Mr Greaney said: '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.
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