All news on the topic: Elle Edwards

"Wholly innocent" Elle, 26, was on a night out with her sister and friends when she was killed by a hail of bullets outside the Lighthouse pub, Wallasey, on Christmas Eve 2022

New figures show Elle Edwards' killer Connor Chapman has cost £282,000 in legal aid - the majority of which during this year's murder trial for gunning down the beautician on Christmas Eve

Elle Edwards, a 26-year-old beautician, had been celebrating Christmas Eve with pals at the Lighthouse Inn, in Wallasey, Merseyside, when Connor Chapman opened fire, aiming for rival gang members but killing Elle instead

Police are still yet to recover the so-called 'Skorpion' machine-pistol used to murder three people last year as nine other gun crimes have been linked to the same type of weapon

We have found deactivated Skorpion sub-machine guns like the one that killed Elle Edwards on Christmas Eve last year being sold for £350 on a website and £445 on another

Tim Edwards said her daughter's death is compounded by the grooming of a new generation of gang gun runners. Elle was killed at the age of 26 on Christmas Eve last year

Connor Chapman's brother Lewis was shot before the events on Christmas Eve which saw "wholly innocent" beautician Elle Edwards killed. He has now been made subject to a gang injunction

The owners of East Hillerton House in Spreyton, Devon, have defended their actions after becoming the centre of a social media storm when they turned away murdered Elle Edwards' dad Tim

Elle Edwards' dad, Tim, and his friend John May turned up at a pre-booked B&B in Devon on Thursday, only to allegedly be turned away by owners who "heard their Scouse accents"

Connor Chapman, 23, was jailed for a minimum of 48 years last month for the murder of Elle Edwards, 26 - who he shot dead outside the Lighthouse pub in Merseyside on Christmas Eve

Legal aid payments have been used to cover scores of Connor Chapman’s offences since he was 14. Last month, he was jailed for a minimum of 43 years for killing Elle Edwards

The heartbroken father of Elle Edwards has shared the message she shared with him on their last night out together - she was shot and killed outside a pub on Christmas Eve last year

Our investigation found Czech-made Skorpions offered on British military collectables websites. The guns can be legally sold here if they have been deactivated and can only fire blanks

Connor Chapman, who was found guilty of killing Elle Edwards, rapped that his enemies will "regret it" as he promised revenge in a video made in prison and heard in court during his sentencing

Connor Chapman killed Elle Edwards when he opened fire on rival gang members with a submachine gun at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey, Merseyside, on Christmas Eve. He has been sentenced to life in jail

'Coward' Connor Chapman was found guilty of the murder of beautician Elle Edwards on Thursday, as well as two counts of attempted murder following the horrific attack outside a pub on Christmas Eve

Elle Edwards' family statements were read out to the court before killer Connor Chapman was handed a life sentence to gasps and outbursts from those in the public gallery

Innocent Elle Edwards was shot dead when Connor Chapman fired 12 rounds from a submachine gun at a pub on Christmas Eve as she was standing next to one of his targets

Connor Chapman, Elle Edwards' callous killer, was convicted of murder, which Liverpool Crown Court heard was "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense"

Thomas Waring was convicted of possession of a prohibited weapon and assisting an offender while Connor Chapman was found guilty of Elle Edwards's murder, following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court

Elle Edwards' callous killer Connor Chapman was today found guilty of murder, which Liverpool Crown Court heard was "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense"

Elle Edwards' murder was described as a "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense" at Liverpool Crown Court today as jurors found Connor Chapman guilty of the killing

Elle Edwards was fatally shot outside the Lighthouse Inn, a pub in Wallasey, Merseyside, on Christmas Eve and now Connor Chapman has been convicted of murder and other charges

WARNING: Contains details of injuries. Jurors today heard harrowing details of the injuries "wholly innocent" beautician Elle Edwards received in the shooting last Christmas Eve in Wallasey

Connor Chapman is accused of murdering Elle Edwards when he fired 12 shots from a Skorpion submachine gun outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey. Today an eyewitness to the fatal shooting took the stand