Connor Chapman has told a jury why he helped to torch the Mercedes which was used in the murder of Elle Edwards.
The 23-year-old is currently standing trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of murdering the beautician, who was shot dead aged 26 outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey, Wirral, on Christmas Eve last year. The alleged gunman continued to give evidence from the witness box for a second day this morning, Wednesday.
Chapman previously admitted a charge of handling stolen goods in relation a black Mercedes A Class which was driven from his home on Houghton Road in Woodhurch to the scene of the shooting by the perpetrator, and then onwards to Private Drive in Barnston - the street where co-defendant Thomas Waring lives. Defence counsel Mark Rhind KC today asked his client to give his explanation as to why he was involved in the burning out of this vehicle - which he said was used by him and others as a "pool car", and was allegedly collected by an unnamed man on the evening of December 24 and never returned - at a remote location in Frodsham on New Year's Eve.
