The perpetrator of a shooting outside a Merseyside pub on Christmas Eve, which led to the death of an innocent bystander, Elle Edwards, has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 48 years. Connor Chapman, 23, used a military-grade submachine gun to spray bullets at a group of people from a rival estate outside the Lighthouse Inn, in Wallasey, Wirral. Eight counts, including firearms charges and attempted murder, were brought against Chapman who was convicted following a three-and-a-half-week trial. Thomas Waring, Chapman’s co-defendant, was found guilty of possession of a prohibited firearm and assisting an offender and sentenced to nine years in prison.
The court was told that Chapman and his associates were in pursuit of members of a rival gang, without concern for potential victims beyond their targets. Chapman’s intention was to murder Jake Duffy and Kieran Salkeld, who were seriously injured in the attack. The shooting came as part of a campaign of violence by ri
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