Wirral's political leaders said gangland violence must not be allowed to prevail on the peninsula after Connor Chapman was jailed for 48 years for the murder of Elle Edwards in Wallasey on Christmas Eve.
“Wholly innocent” Elle, 26, had been enjoying a night out with her sister and friends when she was caught in a hail of bullets outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village. Elle was struck in the head and died almost instantly, while five men were also injured, one critically.
Drug dealer Chapman was today jailed for 48 years, having been found guilty of Elle's murder at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday. Chapman’s friend Thomas Waring, 20, was also convicted of possession of a prohibited weapon, and assisting an offender by helping Chapman torch a stolen black Mercedes car used to flee the scene. The 20-year-old was sentenced to nine years in prison.
