Man found guilty of Elle Edwards' murder after opening fire with sub-machine gun outside pub
dailyrecord.co.ukA man has been found guilty of the murder of a beautician who was killed when he opened fire with a sub-machine gun outside a pub on Christmas Eve.
Elle Edwards, 26, died after Connor Chapman, 23, fired 12 shots from the Skorpion pistol into a group of people outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral, Merseyside, shortly before midnight on December 24 last year.
Chapman was convicted of her murder, and seven other counts, following a three-and-a-half week trial at Liverpool Crown Court.Co-defendant Thomas Waring, 20, was found guilty of the possession of a prohibited firearm and assisting an offender by helping to burn out the stolen Mercedes used in the shooting.Ms Edwards’ father, Tim, said the conviction meant the family could start going forward.
He said: “It just means he’s off the streets, someone else is not going to suffer at the hands of him. Unfortunately Elle was his last victim but thankfully she will be the last person he does anything to and he can go fade away.”The trial heard the attack was the culmination of a feud between groups on the Woodchurch and Beechwood estates, on either side of the M53 in Wirral.
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