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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eleanor Barlow

Co-defendant of alleged gunman cannot be found guilty by association, jury told

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The co-defendant of the man accused of shooting a beautician outside a pub on Christmas Eve cannot be found guilty “by association”, his barrister has said.

Connor Chapman, 23, is accused of killing Elle Edwards, 26, and injuring five others by opening fire with a Skorpion sub-machine gun outside the Lighthouse in Wallasey Village, Wirral, Merseyside, shortly before midnight on December 24 last year.

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