Ashley Dale was killed in Liverpool after a feud between two groups at a festival, a trial has heard.
A gunman who killed a 28-year-old council worker bought trainers and went to watch a football match in the hours before the shooting, a court has heard.James Witham claims he did not know Miss Dale was at home alone when he went to the house to send a message to her boyfriend, a jury has been told.Four other men, Niall Barry, 26, Sean Zeisz, 28, Ian Fitzgibbon, 28, Joseph Peers, 29, also deny her murder.
Det Sgt Graeme Sutton said Mr Witham entered the store, while Mr Fitzgibbon waited outside in a Volkswagen Golf, and purchased a pair of On Cloudflyer trainers in size eight-and-a-half for £155. The court was told the two later got a taxi to a flat on Pilch Lane in Huyton, which is alleged to be the "centre of operations" for the murder plot.
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