Ian Fitzgibbon said Lee Harrison 'wanted to meet me in Dubai'
One of the men accused of directing the attempted hit which killed Ashley Dale told a jury he spoke to her boyfriend after her death.
The prosecution case is that Witham and Joseph Peers, 29, were "dispatched" to kill Harrison by Barry, 26; his friend Sean Zeisz, 28, and Fitzgibbon, who were allegedly directing the hit from the flat. All five men deny murdering Ashley and conspiracy to murder Harrison and are standing trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
Fitzgibbon replied: "I thought many people might retaliate. An innocent girl who was a diamond has been killed. People aren't gonna leave it at that. I’ve been around the lad who done it the day before." Fitzgibbon said: “He wanted to meet me in Dubai." Mr Greaney pointed out Fitzgibbon had "never mentioned" speaking to Harrison after the shooting, either in his defence statement served ahead of the trial or in evidence to the jury.
Fitzgibbon said: "No sir I’m a coward for not. I don't want nothing to happen to my mum and little sisters. I wanted to stay out of it.” Fitzgibbon said he "warned" Harrison about the threat, but also claimed he was still on friendly terms with Barry, and spent most of the day of August 20 getting stoned at the Pilch Lane flat with Barry, Witham, Zeisz and Peers.
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