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11:49JONATHAN HUMPHRIES
AD: “Whatever the rumour was about, letting off a firearm or showing a firearm, whatever Dusty had done and no one seems to know for sure, everyone agrees it’s wrong. Lee is distancing himself from Dusty. This Lee and Dusty as a single entity, to make the Crown’s fantasy motive work, just falls down here.”
He reads from a message Ashley Dale sent on August 6.
AD: “Dusty should not have went and done that outside Rikki’s. He was probably gonna do something if he seen Zest come out of the house. He’s totally in the wrong. Lee’s even kept him at arm’s length.”
Ashley to Sophie: “Lee hates Branch, but Lee just tries his best to stay out of it all. [Ashley said to Lee] You need to be honest, you need to tell me everything. Lee’s always spoke to Zest.
Mr Davis: “This is August 6, two weeks or so before the shooting.”
Ashley: “After that happening at Glastonbury, Lee lost everyone because he stayed with Live, she was crying on the floor. Zest popped up with a fire extinguisher in hs arms.”
Mr Davis: “Lee lost everyone. No one has ever said that. What do you take from that? Lee is not telling her the truth on everything. She has no idea what happened in terms of the punch because she didn’t see it.”
He reads: “Lee said to Wally, nah don’t don’t be smacking him here. Wally still ended up smacking him. Lee half tried to keep the peace. Dusty got himself involved for no reason. Dusty and Zest seen each other after it happened and nothing happened. Then Liv got seen walking with dusty the next day, that’s why zest legged her. By Liv going and seeing dusty has brought all this on. He half went and done it by what went on that week. The Branch situation with Lee is a totally different story. Lee’s mates with dusty, zests obviously thinking well *advertiser censored** Lee. Lee’s got dragged back into it
Mr Davis: “The takeaway is this. Lee acted as a peacemaker. Lee tried to warn off Wally from hitting Sean Zeisz. There is no hint of Lee warning off Dusty, because Dusty wasn’t involved. As Sean Zeisz said there was no issue. It is the later betrayal by Liv and Dusty about Rikki that gets Sean Zeisz fuming with Dusty, not Lee. She says the Branch situation with Lee is totally different. This is her view of what Sean Zeisz is thinking.
"She didn’t go into his head. She didn’t speak to him. This is her assessment of what Sean Zeisz is thinking. It doesnt’ come from anything Sean Zeisz has said or done. It’s her assumption. She says ‘obviously Zest is thinking *advertiser censored** Lee. I’m not sure how much you can rely on what is obvious and what isn’t. What is obvious to you and I might not actually be obvious to what Sean Zeisz was thinking. There’s no suggestion of any threat from Sean Zeisz to Lee. No bad words said about Lee, no animosity. The only evidence is the exact opposite. How reliable is this gossip, this multiple hearsay, this rumour in interpretation? Not at all we suggest, and definitely not obvious.”
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'Gossip and multiple hearsay'
Mr Davis moves on to August 6.AD: “Whatever the rumour was about, letting off a firearm or showing a firearm, whatever Dusty had done and no one seems to know for sure, everyone agrees it’s wrong. Lee is distancing himself from Dusty. This Lee and Dusty as a single entity, to make the Crown’s fantasy motive work, just falls down here.”
He reads from a message Ashley Dale sent on August 6.
AD: “Dusty should not have went and done that outside Rikki’s. He was probably gonna do something if he seen Zest come out of the house. He’s totally in the wrong. Lee’s even kept him at arm’s length.”
Ashley to Sophie: “Lee hates Branch, but Lee just tries his best to stay out of it all. [Ashley said to Lee] You need to be honest, you need to tell me everything. Lee’s always spoke to Zest.
Mr Davis: “This is August 6, two weeks or so before the shooting.”
Ashley: “After that happening at Glastonbury, Lee lost everyone because he stayed with Live, she was crying on the floor. Zest popped up with a fire extinguisher in hs arms.”
Mr Davis: “Lee lost everyone. No one has ever said that. What do you take from that? Lee is not telling her the truth on everything. She has no idea what happened in terms of the punch because she didn’t see it.”
He reads: “Lee said to Wally, nah don’t don’t be smacking him here. Wally still ended up smacking him. Lee half tried to keep the peace. Dusty got himself involved for no reason. Dusty and Zest seen each other after it happened and nothing happened. Then Liv got seen walking with dusty the next day, that’s why zest legged her. By Liv going and seeing dusty has brought all this on. He half went and done it by what went on that week. The Branch situation with Lee is a totally different story. Lee’s mates with dusty, zests obviously thinking well *advertiser censored** Lee. Lee’s got dragged back into it
Mr Davis: “The takeaway is this. Lee acted as a peacemaker. Lee tried to warn off Wally from hitting Sean Zeisz. There is no hint of Lee warning off Dusty, because Dusty wasn’t involved. As Sean Zeisz said there was no issue. It is the later betrayal by Liv and Dusty about Rikki that gets Sean Zeisz fuming with Dusty, not Lee. She says the Branch situation with Lee is totally different. This is her view of what Sean Zeisz is thinking.
"She didn’t go into his head. She didn’t speak to him. This is her assessment of what Sean Zeisz is thinking. It doesnt’ come from anything Sean Zeisz has said or done. It’s her assumption. She says ‘obviously Zest is thinking *advertiser censored** Lee. I’m not sure how much you can rely on what is obvious and what isn’t. What is obvious to you and I might not actually be obvious to what Sean Zeisz was thinking. There’s no suggestion of any threat from Sean Zeisz to Lee. No bad words said about Lee, no animosity. The only evidence is the exact opposite. How reliable is this gossip, this multiple hearsay, this rumour in interpretation? Not at all we suggest, and definitely not obvious.”
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Ashley Dale murder trial as it happens
The 28-year-old was shot dead at her home on Leinster Road in Old Swan