Five men are accused of murdering the 28-year-old Knowsley Council worker
A gunman allegedly followed Ashley Dale through her home and shot at her as she fled towards her "only escape route" after "bashing in" her front door, a jury has heard.
A further casing was discovered in the kitchen. One ricochet mark on the tiled floor below the kitchen counter had been caused by a bullet which ended up hitting the washing machine, while another was lodged within tiling on the wall and a third had ricocheted off the ceiling and become embedded within the wall.
"It is my view that Ashley’s movement was from wherever she was, most likely the living room where the television was on. She moved towards her only escape, which was the rear door, and the shooter had been following the same route, he had been firing the shots in the direction that Ashley was attempting to escape."
Mr Pratt continued: "One of the neighbours described hearing two separate drilling sounds. Would a drilling sound be consistent with the weapon being in automatic mode?"Mr Pratt asked: "To a lay person, if it was in semi-automatic mode, would somebody be expected to hear 14 shots?" Mr Greaney told a jury of five men and seven women during the prosecution's opening last week that Witham and another man, "driver" Joseph Peers, were "dispatched" to assassinate Harrison and "leave no witnesses". They had allegedly received their orders from Niall Barry, Sean Zeisz and Ian Fitzgibbon - who were said to have been "directing operations" from a flat on Pilch Lane in Huyton.
"Ashley plainly became aware of what was happening. She screamed and fled towards the back door of the house, but the man entered the house and he pursued her.
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