The man accused of shooting Elle Edwards dead "called the shots" in a gang which was engaged in a violent feud with rival criminals, a jury has heard.
Connor Chapman is currently standing trial accused of murdering the popular beautician, who was killed aged 26 after being shot in the head outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey, Wirral, on Christmas Eve last year. She was said to have been the "wholly innocent" victim of an attack which was the culmination of a series of "tit for tat" incidents between warring groups based on the Woodchurch and Beechwood estates.
These included the shootings of Curtis Byrne and Kieran Cowley earlier the same month and a serious assault upon Sam Searson on December 23 2022. This beating was carried out by the supposed intended targets of the Lighthouse shooting, Kieran Salkeld and Jake Duffy.
