Ashley Dale murder accused Niall Barry 'thought he was hard' talking about guns on EncroChat trial hears
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOne of the men accused of murdering Ashley Dale in Liverpool said he got involved in conversations about buying sub-machine guns because he was "young and stupid" and "trying to act hard".
Knowsley Council worker Ms Dale died aged 28 after being shot in the abdomen and collapsing in her back yard in the Old Swan area of the city shortly after midnight on August 21 last year.
Niall Barry, 26, has been described as having "heavy beef" with Ashley's boyfriend, Lee Harrison, due to a feud stretching back around three years.
He was one of three men who allegedly "dispatched" James Witham, 41, and Joseph Peers, 29, to kill Harrison on the night Ms Dale died. READ MORE: This city centre pub has been here since the 1790s - but things could be about to change READ MORE: The bright blue tower with a really weird name that could be built in Manchester A jury at Liverpool Crown Court has heard Barry was using the EncroChat encrypted phone service under the handle 'BetterTrunk', and was ultimately convicted of conspiracy to transfer a prohibited weapon, namely a sub-machine gun, on June 8 this year, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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