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Yahoo
29-05-2025
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Liverpool parade suspect named and charged by Merseyside Police
Merseyside Police have charged Paul Doyle, 53 from West Derby, Liverpool, with dangerous driving, causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, wounding with intent to cause GBH and attempted GBH, following a complex and ongoing investigation into the incident on Water Street following the Liverpool FC title parade on Monday. Sarah Hammond, Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service Mersey-Cheshire said: "The defendant will appear before Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Friday 30 May, 2025. "The investigation is at an early stage. Prosecutors and police are continuing to work at pace to review a huge volume of evidence. This includes multiple pieces of video footage and numerous witness statements. It is important to ensure every victim gets the justice they deserve. READ MORE: Liverpool 'earmarks first sale' after Florian Wirtz transfer is sealed READ MORE: Liverpool transfer news LIVE — Wirtz phone call, Kerkez 'says yes', Diaz to Al-Nassr "The charges will be kept under review as the investigation progresses. We know Monday's shocking scenes reverberated around the city of Liverpool, and the entire country, on what should have been a day of celebration for hundreds of thousands of Liverpool FC supporters. Our thoughts remain with all those affected. "Criminal proceedings against the defendant are active and he has the right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information or media online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings. Please allow the legal process to take its course without undue speculation." Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims of Merseyside Police said: "I want to provide an update to you all during what has been a very challenging week. As always, our thoughts remain with all those injured and affected by the appalling incident that took place during the Liverpool Football Club Parade on Monday. "As you have heard from our CPS colleagues, the man arrested by Merseyside Police following the incident on Water Street has now been charged with seven serious offences. "Paul Desmond Sanders Doyle, 53 years, of Burghill Road, West Derby has this afternoon been charged with two counts of unlawful and malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm; two counts of causing unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm; two counts of attempted unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, all contrary to Section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. "He has been charged with one count of dangerous driving contrary to Section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. Doyle has been remanded into custody and will appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court in the morning. "I fully understand how this incident has left us all shocked and saddened, and I know many will continue to have concerns and questions. Our detectives are working tirelessly, with diligence and professionalism, to seek the answers to all those questions. When we are able to, we will provide further information. "Merseyside Police is determined to gather as much evidence as possible to ensure that every avenue is explored. Now that Paul Doyle has been charged, we ask that the judicial process be allowed to continue without any speculation online or elsewhere that could impede the pursuit of justice for all those affected. "A total of 79 people who were injured continue to be in contact with our officers and staff, and seven people remain in hospital, receiving the expert care of our NHS colleagues. I hope that all of those who were injured, or witnessed this terrible incident are able - given time — to heal and recover. "This continues to be a large and complex investigation and detectives are reviewing a huge volume of CCTV and mobile phone footage submitted by the public and businesses, as well as footage from our own body worn cameras and dashcams. "We are extremely grateful for the ongoing cooperation of the public who have, and continue to, share their footage and witness accounts with detectives. Their input is vital to our ongoing enquiries. "I would encourage anyone who has not yet contacted police who may have relevant information to please come forward and contact us. Information, including video footage, can be passed to us via the Major Incident Police Portal, details of which are available on our Merseyside Police website. "As always, my thoughts remain with victims and everyone impacted."
Yahoo
23-02-2025
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How boyfriend drug feud led to Ashley Dale's death
Lee Harrison did not pull the trigger of the sub-machine gun that killed his partner of five years in August 2022. But the chain of events that led to the death of 28-year-old Ashley Dale in the Old Swan area of Liverpool was entirely rooted in his involvement in the drug trade. His total refusal to co-operate after the murder earned him the contempt of Ms Dale's family, who said his behaviour had increased their torment. Harrison, now 27, is now serving a five-year prison sentence for selling crack-cocaine and heroin across north-west England and north Wales in 2024 - two years after Ms Dale was killed. On Friday, James Allison, senior crown prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service Mersey-Cheshire's Complex Casework Unit revealed how after her murder, and despite having no assets in his name or money in his bank account, Harrison left the country on multiple occasions travelling to Dubai, Thailand and Spain. But he was arrested back in Liverpool on 25 November last year, in possession of a cheap Nokia mobile phone used to advertise the sale of Class A drugs. In his bedroom in Liverpool Road, Huyton, was a kilogram block of cocaine worth about £11,000. For Ms Dale's mother, Julie Dale, his continued involvement in the kind of criminal activity that caused her death proved he "clearly thought nothing of Ash". In the only face-to-face meetings with his girlfriend's mum after her death, Harrison kept up the same façade he had presented to police, suggesting maybe a previous tenant of the house had been the target. But, during the trial of five men charged with Ms Dale's murder, it became clear Harrison would have been keenly aware of who may have wanted him dead. The prosecution outlined clear evidence of a highly charged feud with his former friend - fellow drug trafficker Niall Barry. The origin of the row turned out to be rooted in a years' old falling out over a burglary at a stash-house controlled by Barry, where drugs worth about £40,000 were stolen. Harrison was associated with a gang known to police and the local community as the Hillsiders, named after the Hillside area of Huyton where he had grown up, the court heard. Jurors were told that Barry had discovered the Hillsiders had stolen his drugs, and was angry that Harrison refused to weigh in on his behalf. The row appeared to re-ignite when Barry and his associate Sean Zeisz had a row with Harrison and his friend, Jordan Thompson, at Glastonbury music festival in July 2022. The court heard Mr Thompson had punched Zeisz, while Barry had been overheard making threats to "stab up" Harrison. Things escalated further when a man called Rikki Warnick took his own life later the same month. Messages between Barry and Zeisz, recovered by police, suggested that they had come to believe that Mr Warnick had been "bullied" by Mr Thompson - a member of the Hillsiders known by his street name Dusty, the trial was told. Zeisz also discovered Mr Thompson was seeing his ex-girlfriend, the court heard. It was against this background of organised crime and petty personal slights that Barry and Zeisz formed a plan to harm Harrison - although the exact catalyst was unclear. Prosecutors narrated the dispute partly by playing voice-notes recorded by Ms Dale that she had shared with friends - outlining her mounting anxiety about the "beef" between the two men. In one, she described how if the two men encountered each other "one of them is gonna end up in a bad way". In another, she told a friend she had asked Harrison to be "honest about everything" so she could prepare for "the worst". On 21 August 2022, at about 00:30 BST, a two-man team dispatched by Barry and Zeisz from a flat in Pilch Lane, Huyton, arrived at Ms Dale's home in Leinster Road. James Witham, armed with a Skorpion machine-pistol capable of emptying its magazine in less than a second, took the front-door off its hinges and sprayed the inside of the house with bullets. Outside, getaway driver Joseph Peers, once a promising boxer, waited for Witham to return. Ms Dale was fatally wounded as she tried to flee out of a back door. After his sentencing on Friday, Ms Dale's mother Julie said Harrison's behaviour had been "one of the hardest parts I have had to deal with". She said: "I still cannot comprehend how he and his family can be so callous and dismissive of us." Barry, Zeisz, Witham and Peers were all convicted of Ms Dale's murder and related offences and jailed for life with minimum terms ranging from 41 years to 48 years in 2023. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer. Four guilty of murder after row at Glastonbury How WhatsApp voice notes helped solve a murder Murder victim's mum calls killers 'monsters' HM Courts and Tribunals Service
