Five men are currently on trial accused of murdering 28-year-old council worker shot dead in her own home
A man accused of killing Ashley Dale in her Merseyside home has said he 'warned' her boyfriend over threats made to 'stab him up,' a jury has heard.
Queestioning Fitzgibbon, his counsel John Cooper KC asked him about his relationship with Harrison and Ashley. Fitzgibbon told the court that he had known Harrison "for 10 plus years, or so", adding: "I’ve always had a good healthy relationship with him, always had a laugh with him. I’ve partied with Lee since we were 17, 18 years old."
But Fitzgibbon reported the incident had occurred on the Friday night or early hours of Saturday morning of the festival, "at a dance stage", and that this had been the "first and last time" that he had seen Barry at Glastonbury. He said: "He said hello to me and me girlfriend and other people we was with."I seen him at Fatboy Slim earlier on, but I haven’t seen him since. He said 'have you seen Saz?'.
"I don't understand why that happened while I'm standing there with my girlfriend, I just assumed he was off his head. He was a little bit rowdy."I wouldn't want to see any harm come to Lee. He’s me friend." Fitzgibbon said: "So he stays with me, to make sure he’s alright. He’s only there with Ashley, Dusty and his cousin."
Paul Greaney KC told a jury of five men and seven women during the prosecution's opening last month that Witham and "driver" Joseph Peers, were "dispatched" to assassinate Harrison and "leave no witnesses". They had allegedly received their orders from Barry, Sean Zeisz and Fitzgibbon - who were said to have been "directing operations" from a flat on Pilch Lane in Huyton.
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