Woman who had 'drinks poured on head' accused of 'tipping off' murder suspect

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A woman who had 'drinks poured on her head' during a night out was accused of 'tipping off' a murder suspect. Connor Chapman, 23, allegedly fired 12 shots from a Skorpion sub-machine gun at a group of people outside The Lighthouse, Wallasey Village, Wirral shortly before midnight on Christmas Eve last year.

Elle Edwards, 26, was struck twice in the head, while five men were also wounded, including "intended targets" Kieron Salkeld and Jake Duffy.

Chapman is currently on trial accused of Elle's murder and the attempted murders of Salkeld and Duffy, plus wounding the three other bystanders and possessing the Skorpion and ammunition with intent to endanger life.

Another man, 20-year-old Thomas Waring, is also on trial accused of possessing a prohibited weapon and assisting an offender in relation to the murderNigel Power, KC, prosecuting, has already told the jury the Crown's case is that Elle was the "wholly innocent" victim of a feud between criminals in Wirral.Today the jury heard part of the "prosecution case theory" is that a series of calls were made by the woman to a man who in turn attempted to contact Chapman, following a dispute inside the Lighthouse pub involving Salkeld, who is connected to the Beechwood estate.The jury has heard the woman had a number of drinks poured over her head as part of the row, which related to her ex-boyfriend, at around 7.36pm that evening.