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.

ASHLEY Dale’s drug-dealer boyfriend has been jailed – three years after she was shot dead to “send him a message” in a gang attack. The council worker, 28, was

The boyfriend of Ashley Dale, who was shot dead in her home in 2022, has been jailed for five years for conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

Miss Dale, 28, died when drug-dealer James Witham barged through the front-door of her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, on 21 August 2022. Witham sprayed the property with bullets from a Skorpion sub-machine gun, one of which struck Miss Dale as she tried to flee out of the back door of the house in Leinster Road.

Lee Harrison was the intended target of the gangland shooting in August 2022, when Ashley was murdered by a thug with a Skorpion sub-machine gun

Lee Harrison claimed that the murder of his girlfriend Ashley Dale caused a "downward spiral" which led to him dealing drugs. And yet he lied to her mum's face and refused to cooperate with the investigation into the fatal shooting.

Boyfriend of murdered Ashley Dale jailed for drug offences - Ashley Dale’s mother says she wished her daughter had never met Lee Harrison

The former boyfriend of murder victim Ashley Dale has been sentenced for conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Lee Harrison, 27, of Liverpool Road, Huyton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin and possession with intent to supply cocaine on 23 December 2024 at Liverpool Crown Court.