At Liverpool Crown Court, murder suspect Connor Walsh is facing intense scrutiny as his testimony reveals a turbulent series of events both inside and outside the prison. Walsh, one of three defendants charged over the murder of Rikki Berry, has been in the dock alongside Adam Williams and Michael Smith. Mr Berry, also known as “Nuggy”, was fatally shot outside his girlfriend’s house on Quarryside Drive in Kirkby on July 17 last year by a balaclava-clad assailant, who fired three shots.
While Michael Smith admits being the gunman, he claims that “his intention was simply to frighten Mr Berry”. Meanwhile, Williams and Walsh are alleged to have conducted a “reconnaissance mission” on the address prior to the attack and later traveled together in a black SUV during the drive-by shooting. Walsh himself accepted that he was carried in the back of the car at the time the shots were fired, with his DNA found on a bullet casing and on the magazine of the firearm, reported by Daily Record.
