The man accused of shooting Elle Edwards claimed he has been "targeted by the police" in the past and was "as disgusted as anyone" by her death.
"Wholly innocent" Elle, 26, was struck in the head twice after a man sprayed the front of the busy Lighthouse pub, Wallasey Village, with 12 bullets from a sub-machine gun, shortly before midnight on Christmas Eve.
Five other men were wounded in the incident but survived their injuries. The prosecution case is that two of those men - Kieron Salkeld and Jake Duffy - were the killer's intended targets.
