Elle Edwards murder trial to start in Liverpool
The 26-year-old was shot outside a pub on Christmas Eve last year
Elle Edwards' murder trial is getting underway today after she was shot outside a pub on Christmas Eve last year.
23-year-old Connor Chapman is charged with the murder of the 26-year-old beautician outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village in Wirral, Merseyside, on December 24th last year.
He is also charged with the attempted murder of Jake Duffy and Kieran Salkeld, three counts of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm of Harry Loughran, Nicholas Speed and Liam Carr, possession of a converted Skorpion submachine gun and possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life, as well as handling stolen goods – a Mercedes A class vehicle – between December 22 and 26.
Chapman, of no fixed address, will stand trial alongside co-defendant Thomas Waring, 20, of Private Drive, Barnston, Wirral.
Waring is charged with possession of a Skorpion submachine gun and assisting an offender by helping dispose of the car allegedly used by Chapman after the shooting.
The trial, at Liverpool Crown Court, is expected to last three to four weeks.
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