The boyfriend of murdered council worker Ashley Dale has posted sick ‘tributes’ two years on from her being shot dead.

Ms Dale, 28, was killed at her home in Old Swan in Liverpool by James Witham – then her boyfriend Lee Harrison refused to co-operate with police, a court heard.

Witham, then aged, 41, was jailed on November 22 last year along with Sean Zeisz, 28, 26-year-old Niall Barry and Joseph Peers, 29, for Ashley’s murder.

The four were also found guilty of conspiring to kill Lee Harrison and conspiring to posses a Skorpion submachine gun with ammunition with intent to endanger life.

Now Mr Harrison, who was the intended target of the shooting which took Ashley’s life, has shared pictures of her on social media – as her parents condemned his ‘despicable’ behaviour. 

Murder victim Ashley Dale’s ex-boyfriend Lee Harrison has posted online photos of and tributes to her two years after she was shot dead at her home

Lee Harrison shared images of tragic Ashley Dale, 28, at the Glastonbury Festival

Ashley’s death came just one day before Olivia Pratt-Korbel, nine, was also killed at her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, by Thomas Cashman. 

Harrison has now posted photos of Ashley including one at the Glastonbury Festival, where he had clashed with gang rival Niall Barry ahead of the murder, the Sun reported.

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He added captions including ‘2years ash love n miss u sis’ and ‘2yr miss ye ash u was a real member hope ur in paradise happy miss u taken an angel from me feed a demon to u’.

An Instagram account in his name includes the bio words ‘Ashley my world forever’, along with a profile photo of the pair taking a selfie.

His online posts come as a new documentary broadcast last month looked into how Merseyside Police solved the cases and brought Witham and Cashman to justice.

The background to her murder was a feud between Barry and her boyfriend Mr Harrison.

Three years before the shooting, Mr Harrison had sided against Barry in a dispute over drugs which resulted in a bitter disagreement.

The pair met each other at Glastonbury festival where they argued with Mr Harrison, allegedly, saying he would stab Barry.

During the police investigation, Mr Harrison did not aid officers and spent much of his time abroad.

This photo of Ms Dale was released on the first anniversary of her murder 

James Witham and Niall Barry are among four men who were found guilty of murdering council worker Ashley Dale 

Sean Zeisz and Joseph Peers were also found guilty of murdering Ms Dale and conspiracy to murder her partner, Lee Harrison 

Ms Dale pictured with her mother on the day of her graduation 

Ms Dale can be seen in a family photo alongside her father, Steve

Ms Dale’s boyfriend Harrison, linked to the volatile Hillsiders gang, had fallen out with former pal Nail Barry after a stash of drugs was stolen 

At the time Ashley’s family said her daughter’s relationship with Mr Harrison was linked to the reason she was shot.

Ashley’s mother Julie Dale criticised Mr Harrison after the guilty verdicts for her daughter’s four killers, saying: ‘The way he’s acted since this has happened has been absolutely despicable – it really, really has.

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‘We’ve had no remorse from him. We’ve had no support from him. We have no admittance that it’s anything to do with him.

‘He’s given us any number of reasons of what he’s heard it’s to do with and none of them include him and he still carries on – you know, going about his life, leaving the country, going on holidays, lording it up, shall we say, like nothing’s happened and nothing’s changed for him and it’s absolutely disgusting, it really is.’

Ashley was at her home in the Old Swan area of Liverpool Witham opened fire with a Skorpion sub-machine on August 21, 2022.

Ten bullets were fired, with one hitting Ashley in the abdomen and five into a wall of an upstairs bedroom.

Liverpool Crown Court heard the shooting began after Witham forced his way into the house through the front door.

Before the attack, her car tyres were slashed by Peers and Witham in an attempt to cause a distraction.

This photo of Ms Dale with her dachshund Darla was taken less than an hour before her death 

Ms Dale (right) with her mother, Julie, who has slammed both her murderers and her daughter’s boyfriend Lee Harrison 

Witham is seen being arrested for Ms Dale’s murder. He gave a fake name to officers 

Barry – one of the organisers of the shooting – in the back of a police car wearing cuffs 

Pictured left to right on a night out: Sean Zeisz and Niall Barry – who helped carry out the shooting – and Ms Dale’s girlfriend Lee Harrison

Ms Dale was shot in the back garden of her home in Old Swan, Liverpool (pictured) 

A family photo of Ms Dale with her dachshund Darla

In a previous interview, Ashley’s mother Julie remarked: ‘The difficult thing is, most of the defendants, pretty much all of them, knew Ashley and have known her on a friendly basis.

‘Never mind to do what they did, but then to get up and lie about it and talk about her.’

In 2015 Ms Dale’s own brother Lewis was shot dead as he walked down a canal towpath in Vauxhall, north Liverpool.

The 16-year-old was shot in the back in a case of mistaken identity.