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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Eleanor Barlow

Man accused of murdering council worker ‘stayed in hotel for sauna’ after shooting, court hears

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A man accused of the murder of a council worker has said he stayed in a hotel with the gunman in the days after the shooting because they were going for a “steam and sauna”.

Environmental health officer 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, 41, who admits manslaughter.

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