Elle Edwards’ dad has revealed that the pair “had a ball” in their final night out together before the 26-year-old was tragically killed on Christmas Eve last year.
Tim Edwards was speaking to the BBC for a new documentary which follows his journey in the weeks leading up to the murder trial following his daughter's death. In the BBC Breakfast film, titled Killed On Christmas Eve, Tim revisits Corfu where they had been on holiday together 12 months before.
The popular beautician was tragically gunned down outside the Lighthouse Pub in Wallasey Village on Christmas Eve 2022. Connor Chapman, 23, who opened fire outside of the pub, was sentenced to a minimum of 48 years in prison for the murder of "wholly innocent" Elle.
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Speaking to BBC Breakfast reporter Jane McCubbin, Tim said that Elle and her sister Lucy had flown back from Dubai a week early to surprise the family. Referring to the night she was killed, he said: “She should have been out enjoying herself. She was in the right place.”
Recalling the moments shared together in the week leading up to Christmas Day, Tim said he and his daughter shared one final night out together. In the documentary he shares how he, his daughter Lucy and Elle arranged a trip to Manchester’s Christmas markets.
He told the BBC documentary: “We went shopping. We walked around Selfridges once and then we ended up in random bars.
“We had a ball. It was such a good thing, but we always did that. That’s how it all always ended up.
“We had a ball. But it could have been so different couldn’t it.”
Tim told the BBC how he wants to work towards a positive legacy in the memory of his daughter, setting up a foundation in her name. Referring to other Merseyside victims of gun crime, he spoke of working to help avert the types of tragedies that took his daughter’s life.
He said: "We need to be doing something now. My problem is to stop another Elle Edwards, another Ashley Dale, another Olivia Pratt-Korbel."
Speaking about being involved in projects and work to help stop "these horrendous crimes" he said: "I’m all for it. I’ll do what I can.”
You can watch the BBC Breakfast documentary here.
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