Overview
- A three‑judge panel in London refused Zeisz’s challenges to both conviction and sentence, with Lord Justice Jeremy Baker sitting alongside Mr Justice Soole and Mr Justice Dexter Dias.
- The court rejected defence arguments that voice notes were inadmissible hearsay and found no unfair prejudice in their use at trial.
- Judges declined to receive proposed fresh evidence from Kallum Radford, ruling it did not justify reopening the case.
- Prosecutors said Ashley Dale was shot at home by gunman James Witham with a Skorpion submachine gun during a plot targeting her boyfriend, Lee Harrison.
- Zeisz’s 42‑year minimum term remains, while co‑defendants received long terms: Niall “Branch” Barry 47 years, Witham 43 years, and Joseph Peers 41 years.