Ashley Dale suspect tells jury 'I was friends with everyone'

A man accused of helping to plot the shooting that killed Ashley Dale told a jury he was "friends with everyone" including both her boyfriend and the man who shot her.

Witham is expected to claim he did not see or hear Ashley when he opened fire at around 12.30am on August 21 last year, and had instead been attempting to "send a message" to Harrison, who was out in the city centre at the time.READ MORE: Ashley Dale murder suspect denies threat to 'stab up' her boyfriend at Glastonbury

Fitzgibbon said he was "shocked" and warned Harrison about the threat. However he accepted he spent the evening of August 20 into August 21 in the Pilch Lane flat with a group including Barry, Witham, Peers and Zeisz, smoking cannabis and waiting to watch Anthony Joshua's world title fight against Oleksandr Usyk.

Fitzgibbon was also asked about a car journey earlier that day when he drove Witham to Taskers sports shop in Aintree, where the older man bought a pair of On Cloudflyer trainers, later worn during the shooting. " waited outside and had a smoke, he bought the trainers and come back to the car. He was excited, he was looking forward to going the match. That’s what I took from him in that moment in time.”

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