James Witham has admitted manslaughter but denies murdering 28-year-old council worker.
Ashley Dale's killer has told how he thought he was "having a nightmare" after learning how he shot her dead.
Witham, 41, claims that he didn't see or hear her inside. He said that his attempt was to "send a message" to Ashley's boyfriend, Lee Harrison, who was not present at the time. Mr Pratt asked: "What conclusion did you draw?" Witham responded: "I just thought it’s me that’s done it, obviously. I couldn’t believe meself.
Paul Greaney KC told a jury of five men and seven women during the prosecution's opening last month that Witham and "driver" Peers, were "dispatched" to assassinate Harrison and "leave no witnesses". They had allegedly received their orders from Niall Barry, Sean Zeisz and Ian Fitzgibbon - who were said to have been "directing operations" from the Pilch Lane flat.
"He was armed with a machine gun and opened fire. Ashley was struck by a bullet - it passed through her abdomen, causing catastrophic damage." "This attack appears to have occurred because Sean Zeisz was, as it was later expressed, arguing with everyone for Niall Barry - who was known as Branch. To compound the loss of face for Sean Zeisz, in the aftermath of the assault his girlfriend - a woman called Olivia, known as Liv, McDowell - stayed with the group of which Jordan Thompson, Lee Harrison and Ashley Dale were part.
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