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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Eleanor Barlow

Gunman told police he had been ‘stitched up’, court hears

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A gunman who killed a council worker in her home told police he had been “stitched up”, a court has heard.

Environmental health worker Ashley Dale, 28, was shot with a Skorpion machine pistol at home in Old Swan, Liverpool, in the early hours of August 21 last year by gunman James Witham, who admits manslaughter.

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