14:26OLIVIA WILLIAMS
CCTV of car journeys
Mr Langhorn returns to the sequence of events.
He asks DS Graeme Sutton to confirm that Barry, Witham, Fitzgibbon, Peers and Zeisz are all in the flat by 21.30 on August 20.
At 22.08, there is a text from Zeisz’s phone to Liv McDowell saying: “U out r ye”. At 22.09 Liv replies: “No.”
DS Sutton confirms Ms McDowell is Fitzgibbon’s cousin.
At 22.09 Joseph Peers and James Witham exit the flat at 267 Pilch Lane and cross in the direction of Wyndham Avenue. This is captured on CCTV.
Witham is wearing shorts, and Peers is wearing white trainers. They walk together towards Wyndham Avenue.
At 22.11 there is a text from Ms McDowell to Zeisz, saying: “In my nan’s”.
Seven minutes later Fitzgibbon sends a text message to Witham. Fitzgibbon and Zeisz are both in the flat at this point.
Mr Langhorn displays a map showing locations where CCTV has been recovered showing the next journeys.
An interactive map will also show the movements of the grey Hyundai and a red Volkswagen.
DS Sutton says the map shows Ashley’s home address in Leinster Road. CCTV shows the Hyundai with a red Volkswagen passing a camera on Broad Green Road. Both cars turn right into Glen Road, which is a dead end. Footage from Glen Road shows the cars pass.
One minute later the two vehicles pass back along Glen Road left onto Broad Green Road. The cars both pass a camera on Oak Vale Road.
14:38OLIVIA WILLIAMS
Phone activity
Mr Langhorn plays footage of the two vehicles returning along Broad Green Road in the direction of Queen’s Drive.
DS Sutton confirms the vehicles have travelled in the roads “just south” of Ashley’s home address.
At 22.23, Witham’s phone was cell siting in L36 3SA area. This is a short distance from his home address in Ashbury Road.
At 22.43, it then connects to a mast in L34 1QD. It then connects to masts in L36 3RN at 22.47 and 22.49.
At 22.23.17 Witham texts Fitzgibbon, who is in the flat in Pilch Lane.
Fitzgibbon’s phone 13 seconds later sends a text to Witham. 26 seconds later Witham’s phone sends a message to Fitzgibbon’s phone.
DS Sutton confirms Barry and Zeisz are also still in the flat.
20 minutes later, at 22.43, Barry’s phone attempts to call Witham but it does not connect. A few seconds later he calls Peers. It appears Peers’ phone however, is not in use.
Barry’s phone is then not in use until around 8.00 on August 21. Barry's second phone, at 22.47, makes a 25 second call to an Apple ID verification. He is in the flat, as are Fitzgibbon and Zeisz.
At 22.54, Witham calls Barry Westal three times on two different numbers attributed to Westall.
At 23.06, Fitzgibbon, Zeisz and Barry all remain in the flat. Fitzgibbon attempts to call Witham, but the call is forwarded to voicemail. Nine seconds later Zeisz makes a three second voice call to Peers.
A second later Fitzgibbon makes a one second call to Peers. 21 seconds later Fitzgibbon attempts to make a voice call to Witham, but it forwards.
DS Sutton confirms Barry has not left the flat.
14:53OLIVIA WILLIAMS
Movement of grey Hyundai
Mr Langhorn says at 23.07, there is a “last ANPR activation” for the “true plates” associated with the Hyundai, ending KXT.
At this time Witham is connected to a mast in L36 3SA. Peers phone connects to a cell mast in L36 9GF at 23.09.
At 23.08, Fitzgibbon sends a message to Witham, which is now cell siting in L34. A minute and a half later Zeisz makes a 23 second call to Peers, who is cell siting in L36 9GF.
A map shows further cell site connections in the next minutes. Peers phone last connects to the network before the shooting at 23.10.
At 23.18, CCTV shows the grey Hyundai crossing Pilch Lane, travelling on Page Moss Lane towards Childwall Lane before turning right onto Milton Avenue.
Witham’s phone is in the area of L14, near to East Prescot Road. At 23.21, Witham’s phone connects to the network for the last time before the shooting.
The next map shows Leinster Road, with a box marking the “crime scene”. The locations of CCTV cameras are also marked out.
DS Sutton says there are two cameras looking out onto Oakhill Road, which look into the junction with Leinster Road.
There is a doorbell camera on Leinster Road. There is a private camera overlooking Leinster Road by the junction with East Prescot Road.
DS Sutton says an interactive map will now show the movements of the grey Hyundai. CCTV shows the car drive onto Leinster Road, before going out of view and then being picked up by the doorbell camera.
One minute and seven seconds later, that camera picks up the vehicle turning right out of Leinster Road at the junction of Prescot Road towards Queens Drive.
The 28-year-old was shot dead at her home on Leinster Road in Old Swan
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