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.
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Police officers found Ashley Dale's dog 'cowering in the corner' after she was shot dead in her own home, a trial has heard.
The Knowsley Council worker died aged 28 after being shot in the abdomen and collapsing in the backyard of her home on Leinster Road shortly after midnight on August 21 last year. Five men are currently on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of her murder, the ECHO reports.
Jurors have previously heard that 41-year-old James Witham kicked down the door of her home, where she was spending the evening with her dachshund Darla, while hunting for her boyfriend Lee Harrison before then entering and shooting her.
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PC Christopher Sinnott, one of the first emergency service responders to attend the scene, was called to give evidence in court on Wednesday (October 11).
He described how he was dispatched to attend reports of "concerns for the safety of a young woman". PC Sinnott stated that he "could see straight through the house" as the "middle panel of the UPVC door had been pushed through".
The officer said he was the first of the three to enter the address as he was the only one carrying a taser. He then performed a "very quick room to room" search of the downstairs, followed by the upstairs.
PC Sinnott said: "I believe one of my colleagues shouted 'she’s in the back', or words to that effect. I’ve completed searching the address upstairs, then made out to the back yard."
There, he saw Ms Dale on her back in her pyjamas with an "injury to her torso". A colleague attempted to perform CPR on her, while he went to search his patrol car for a defibrillator.
It was only after he saw her
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.
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