Ashley Dale murder: tip-offs came from Thailand and Spain as detectives hunted her killer
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice received tip-offs from as far afield as Thailand and Spain following the murder of Ashley Dale, it has been revealed.
The 28-year-old council worker was shot dead in her own home in Liverpool in the early hours of August 21 last year. James Witham, Joseph Peers, Niall Barry and Sean Zeisz were unanimously convicted of her murder following a seven-week trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
They were also found guilty of conspiracy to murder Ms Dale's boyfriend Lee Harrison and conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon, namely a Skorpion submachine gun, and ammunition with intent to endanger life.
Ian Fitzgibbon was cleared of these three charges while a sixth defendant, Kallum Radford, was acquitted of assisting an offender. READ MORE What is a moon halo?
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