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Five men charged with murder of Ashley Dale to face court
1 year ago
Kallum Radford, 25, of no fixed address, has been charged with assisting an offender in the wake of Ashleyâs death.
Five men will face Liverpool Crown Court today, October 2, charged with the murder of 28-year-old Ashley Dale.
Ashley was found with a gunshot wound in the back garden of her Old Swan home in Liverpool on August 21 last year.
Ian Fitzgibbon, 28, from St Helens, is one of the men charged over her death and has been extradited from Spain after being arrested by the Spanish National Police.
Fitzgibbon has also been charged with conspiracy to murder and possession of a prohibited weapon with intent to endanger life.
The St Helens man also faces another charge that alleges he was conspiring to obtain a prohibited weapon; a Skorpion submachine gun and the associated ammunition for that weapon.
He will face court alongside Niall Barry, 26, of Tuebrook, Sean Zeisz, 28, of Huyton, Joseph Peers, 28, of Roby and James Witham, 41, of Huyton.
Kallum Radford, 25, of no fixed address, has been charged with assisting an offender in the wake of Ms Daleâs death.
Miss Dale was found in the back garden of her home on Leinster Road in Old Swan in 2021 and was one of three fatal shootings within one week in Liverpool last year.
Police were called to an address in Leinster Road at about 12.40am on August 21 after reports of concern for a woman at the property, who was later identified as Miss Dale.
The 28-year-old, an environmental health officer for Knowsley Council, was taken to hospital but died a short time later after succumbing to her injuries.
She is not believed to have been the intended target of the killing.
The total number of people arrested in connection with Miss Daleâs death is 15.
On her birthday in December last year, her family issued a statement that said:
âOn what would have been Ashleyâs 29th birthday, her loss is beyond words, the family have been torn apart and life can never be ânormalâ again.
âHer birthday being so close to Christmas made this time of year so special, but without her, Christmas is going to be unbearable.
âLife has become a living nightmare for Ashleyâs parents, siblings and family.
âHer loving, kind and articulate nature showed through with the number of friends she had. We couldnât have been more proud of Ashley.
âA huge hole has been left, life will never be the same again.
âWe miss you Ash with all our hearts, and vow that justice for âOur Ashâ will be served.â