Connor Chapman's brother was shot months before the murder of Elle Edwards while his mum's house was burgled during his last spell in prison.
The 23-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 48 years after being found unanimously guilty of murdering the popular beautician, who was shot dead outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey, Wirral, on Christmas Eve last year. Nigel Power KC, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court during his sentencing on July 7, that the killer's mum's house was targeted during an aggravated burglary during his most recent stretch behind bars - from which he was freed in June 2022.
He also outlined another "significant precursor event" leading up to the Lighthouse shooting, describing how his brother Lewis Chapman was then shot on Danger Lane in Moreton on August 10 last year. His assailant was said to have used a Skorpion submachine gun, the same type of weapon which killed 26-year-old Elle, but that the sibling "refused to assist or cooperate with the police".
