Ashley Dale murder trial latest as jury told submachine gun used was capable of firing up to '15 rounds a second'

One of the men accused of murdering Ashley Dale in Liverpool said he got involved in conversations about buying sub-machine guns because he was "young and stupid" and "trying to act hard".

A gunman said he never intended for his half-brother to be killed when he opened fire in the street. Rumaal Ingram said he only wanted to ‘scare' Zikel Bobmanuel.

Opening arguments in a workplace civil case pitting actor Robert De Niro against his former executive assistant, Graham Chase Robinson, will begin this afternoon in a federal courtroom in Manhattan, with De Niro himself expected to testify today under direct examination by one of Robinson’s lawyers. 

A suspect accused of the murder of Ashley Dale has claimed his friend's suicide was caused by a member of the 'Hillsiders' gang. Rikki Warnick, was 'called a grass' by the Liverpool gang before he killed himself on July 21 last year, a jury has been told this week.

The mother of one of the men accused of the murder of Ashley Dale cried in court after being accused of telling a 'pack of lies.' Joseph Peers, 29, is alleged by prosecutors to have been the driver in the killing of environmental health officer Ashley.

OMG this is truly rich! Not only is David Eason a total monster who kills dogs… he’s also a s**tty husband in all the boring, run-of-the-mill ways??

A court has heard that a man who was shot dead in the street 'wasn't very pleased' after being told he would have to pay 'full price' for his trainers to be cleaned.

A man accused of murdering council worker Ashley Dale says he stayed at a hotel with her killer the night after the shooting for a "swim, steam and sauna".

Michaela Zee “Saturday Night Live” alum Melanie Hutsell has expressed remorse over wearing a prosthetic nose for a 1994 sketch about the hit sitcom “Blossom,” starring Mayim Bialik in the title role. “When we were preparing to do that sketch all those years ago, I was absolutely horrified that they wanted me to wear a prosthetic nose to play Mayim Bialik’s character, Blossom,” Hutsell said in a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly. “I knew it was wrong.” The comedian then revealed her possible firing from the late-night television series if she didn’t wear the prosthetic nose for the sketch.

Danny Elfman has been accused of sexual misconduct by a second woman, according to a lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone.The lawsuit, which was filed anonymously by a Jane Doe accuser in Los Angeles on Thursday (October 19), claimed that Elfman frequently exposed himself to her and allegedly told her that he masturbated next to her while she was asleep and couldn’t consent to the act. A representative of Elfman has denied the allegations.The suit comes three months after fellow composer Nomi Abadi previously accused Elfman of exposing himself and harassing her in 2017, before reaching a settlement of $830,000 (£645,000) to silence the claims.

Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning composer Danny Elfman has been accused in lurid detail of sexual misconduct by another woman, who claims he frequently was naked in her presence and allegedly masturbated while she slept next to him.

Police stumbled on the car used during the shooting of Ashley Dale by chance after being called to a domestic incident, a trial has heard.

The trial of five men accused of murder over the fatal shooting of Ashley Dale has continued for a second week.James Witham, of Ashbury Road in Huyton, 28-year-old Sean Zeisz, of Longreach Road in Huyton, 26-year-old Niall Barry, of Moscow Drive in Tuebrook, 28-year-old Joseph Peers, of Woodlands Road in Roby, and 28-year-old Ian Fitzgibbon, of Heigham Gardens in St Helens, have pleaded not guilty to murdering the Knowsley Council worker, conspiracy to murder her boyfriend Lee Harrison and conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon, namely a Skorpion submachine gun, and ammunition with intent to endanger life. Witham, 41, has admitted the lesser charge of manslaughter, having shot the 28-year-old victim dead in her home on Leinster Road in Old Swan, Liverpool, in the early hours of August 21 last year.

Ashley Dale's killer shopped at Liverpool ONE and put £1,000 into his bank account two days after he shot her dead, her murder trial has heard. The Knowsley council worker died aged 28 after being shot in the abdomen and collapsing in the back yard of her home on Leinster Road, Old Swan, shortly after midnight on August 21 last year.

A total of 24 fines are to be handed out for the notorious 'jingle and mingle' Christmas party at the Tory headquarters during lockdown. It took place in December 2020 at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) for activists on behalf of Shaun Bailey’s unsuccessful effort to be London mayor.

CCTV footage captured the moment the man who killed Ashley Dale smiled as he bought beer from a shop just hours before she was shot dead.

Police officers found Ashley Dale's dog 'cowering in the corner' after she was shot dead in her own home, a trial has heard.

Ashley Dale 'tried to call her boyfriend after being shot' a trial jury has heard. The Knowsley Council worker, 28, was shot in the abdomen when gunman James Witham, 41, kicked down the door of her home in Old Swan, on August 21 last year, Liverpool Crown Court was told.

A gunman accused of planning a 'Dunblane-style' massacre has told a court it was 'just a fantasy.' Reed Wischhusen, 32, told his trial he had no intention of actually enacting the chilling 'revenge' death-list that was discovered by cops at this home - alongside his arsenal of weapons.

Footage showed the moment a man accused of organising Ashley Dale's murder was found with a knife on his way to Glastonbury Festival.