Man charged with lady’s homicide after being extradited from Spain

Aug 25, 2023 at 12:23 AM
Man charged with lady’s homicide after being extradited from Spain

A person has been extradited from Spain and charged with the homicide of a younger lady who was shot within the again backyard of her house in Liverpool.

Ian Fitzgibbon, 28, was charged with the homicide of council employee Ashley Dale, additionally 28, who was discovered with a gunshot wound within the again backyard of her house in Old Swan, Liverpool, on August 21 final 12 months.  Fitzgibbon was arrested by the Spanish National Police and extradited from Spain, with the assist of the NCA’s National Extradition Unit, on Thursday (August 24) afternoon on a Trade and Co-operation settlement, Merseyside Police mentioned.

Fitzgibbon, from St Helens, has additionally been charged with conspiracy to homicide Lee Harrison, possession of a prohibited weapon, specifically a Skorpion sub machine gun pistol and related ammunition with intent to hazard life, and conspiracy to own a prohibited weapon specifically a Skorpion sub machine gun and related ammunition.

 Fitzgibbon will seem at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Sean Zeisz, 27, Niall Barry, 26, James Witham, 41, and Joseph Peers, 28, have additionally been charged with Ms Dale’s homicide and are as a result of stand trial on October 2.