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10:54Jonathan Humphries
“It was suggested the evidence to his guilt was overwhelming. He said he admitted manslaughter for the sake of the deceased’s family and because others had been charged.
“He said he knew NB (Niall Barry) was involved in drug dealing but knew nothing of his access to firearms. It was a coincidence that he had used a Skorpion. He denied he was NB’s joey. He said NB should not be in this trial.
“He said he thought the beef between NB and LH (Lee Harrison) was five years ago and was sorted. He was asked why he had been to his home if LH had been making his life a misery. He said it was just to speak to LH.
“He was asked how the false number plate could have been acquired. He said they were his.
He was shown CCTV of him and JP (Joseph Peers) where he appeared to be laughing and smiling. He said he was covering up how he felt.
“He denied being sent to carry out the shooting and described it as a moment of madness. He accepted driving in the opposite way to JP’s home. He said it was to go to McCaig’s and buy drugs.
“It was suggested JW wasn’t in the Hyundai at 10.20. He said he was. He was asked about further attempts at contact by Fitzgibbon and Zeisz and were they asking about the progress of the attack. He denied that.
“He was asked for the names of the two brothers he spoke to. He said they were both called Dave. Big Dave was the big brother of Little Dave. He spoke to big Dave on his brother’s phone. He denied this was all lies.
“He was asked why he didn’t fire the gun at the outside of the house. He repeated that it was a moment of madness and he was full of rage. He couldn’t answer why his DNA was found on a cartridge case if it was already loaded.”
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Big Dave and Little Dave
Justice Goose: “[James Witham] accepted he lied to the police when he said he had been fitted up and the Hyundai car was not his. He was asked about his defence case statement made in August this year. Was he also lying about not having anything to do with the shooting? He accepted this.“It was suggested the evidence to his guilt was overwhelming. He said he admitted manslaughter for the sake of the deceased’s family and because others had been charged.
“He said he knew NB (Niall Barry) was involved in drug dealing but knew nothing of his access to firearms. It was a coincidence that he had used a Skorpion. He denied he was NB’s joey. He said NB should not be in this trial.
“He said he thought the beef between NB and LH (Lee Harrison) was five years ago and was sorted. He was asked why he had been to his home if LH had been making his life a misery. He said it was just to speak to LH.
“He was asked how the false number plate could have been acquired. He said they were his.
He was shown CCTV of him and JP (Joseph Peers) where he appeared to be laughing and smiling. He said he was covering up how he felt.
“He denied being sent to carry out the shooting and described it as a moment of madness. He accepted driving in the opposite way to JP’s home. He said it was to go to McCaig’s and buy drugs.
“It was suggested JW wasn’t in the Hyundai at 10.20. He said he was. He was asked about further attempts at contact by Fitzgibbon and Zeisz and were they asking about the progress of the attack. He denied that.
“He was asked for the names of the two brothers he spoke to. He said they were both called Dave. Big Dave was the big brother of Little Dave. He spoke to big Dave on his brother’s phone. He denied this was all lies.
“He was asked why he didn’t fire the gun at the outside of the house. He repeated that it was a moment of madness and he was full of rage. He couldn’t answer why his DNA was found on a cartridge case if it was already loaded.”
Ashley Dale murder trial as it happens
The 28-year-old was shot dead at her home on Leinster Road in Old Swan
