{"id":122493,"date":"2023-12-04T11:59:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=122493"},"modified":"2023-12-04T11:59:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:59:53","slug":"ashley-dale-killers-begged-their-mums-to-help-them-get-away-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/ashley-dale-killers-begged-their-mums-to-help-them-get-away-with-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Dale killers begged their mums to help them get away with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ashley Dale's killers turned to their mums for help as they tried to cover up their involvement in shooting the 28-year-old council worker dead.<\/p>\n

Ashley was killed in her house on Leinster Road in Old Swan, Liverpool, in the early hours of August 21 last year. James Witham, Joseph Peers, Niall Barry and Sean Zeisz were all found guilty of her murder last week after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court. <\/p>\n

They were also convicted of planning to murder Ms Dale's boyfriend Lee Harrison and having a banned weapon, a Skorpion submachine gun, and bullets with the intention to harm.<\/p>\n

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Ian Fitzgibbon was cleared of these three charges while a sixth defendant, Kallum Radford, was found not guilty of helping an offender. Both Peers and Zeisz asked their mums to give evidence from the witness box to support their defence, as reported by the Liverpool ECHO.<\/p>\n

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Peers' mum and dad both testified that he had been at their home in his pyjamas watching the Anthony Joshua v Oleksandr Usyk fight at the time of the shooting. <\/p>\n

Lesley McMahon said she had gone upstairs to bed at around 7pm or 8pm on August 20, 2022 and was "on me phone, doing a word search or just watching a bit of telly". She then remembered her son coming home shortly after 11pm. <\/p>\n

Mrs McMahon shared: "He just put his pyjamas on, that's what he does, make himself a tea and toast, and that's it for the night. Sometimes he might stay up late and take the dog for a walk."<\/p>\n

Mrs McMahon then said she noticed someone knocking the door in the early hours, around 1am.<\/p>\n

When asked by Peers' counsel Peter Wright KC about how common it was for anyone to visit at that time, Mrs McMahon responded: "It's very uncommon. No one would knock at that time. Joe's just gone into his bedroom and opened the window and looked out. He shouted 'giz a minute' or something to that effect."<\/p>\n

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