A thankful mother is 'counting her blessings' after she sent a text to her daughters encouraging them to come home early from the pub where Elle Edwards was the night she was shot dead. Elle was enjoying a festive night out with her friends and sister at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village on Christmas Eve when she was tragically shot in the head.
The 26-year-old beautician who was caught in the crossfire is not believed to have been the intended target of the shooting which also left four other men injured, the Mirror reports. Ellen, 58, who asked to be referred to by her first name only revealed that her daughters were among the other party-goers at the same pub that evening and they arrived home only 20 minutes before the incident.
She had urged them to not come home late because it was Christmas and they had a 'big day' ahead of them. The mother said: "I wouldn't normally chase my daughters. It was only because it was Christmas and you know if you get home and you've had too much to drink Christmas day is a write off.
