Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent
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Wed 22 Nov 2023 08.06 EST
He had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter, having admitted being the man who fired the fatal shot.
Dale was watching TV at her home in the Old Swan area of Liverpool when Witham kicked down the door and fired shots with a Skorpion submachine gun, one of which struck Dale in the abdomen, causing “catastrophic damage”.
The trial of six men – two of whom were found not guilty of having a role in the crime – found that the murder was part of a long-running dispute between Dale’s boyfriend, Lee Harrison, and Barry, which had intensified during a fight at Glastonbury festival weeks before Dale was killed.
In what turned out to be crucial voice notes and messages played in court, Dale spoke to her friends about her “terrible anxiety” over the feud, and how she was constantly looking over her shoulder.
Barry, she said, was “on some pure rampage”, adding: “I have a bad, bad feeling about everything.”
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