Who is Connor Chapman?

CONNOR Chapman has been found guilty of murdering innocent beautician Elle Edwards.

Elle Edwards, 26, was at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Merseyside on Christmas Eve, when Connor Chapman, 23, opened fire outside.

Who is Connor Chapman?

Connor Chapman, 23, is from Woodchurch, Merseyside.

He has now been convicted of murder following a harrowing trial at Liverpool Crown Court.

Chapman was also found guilty of two counts of attempted murder, two of wounding with intent and one of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

His co-accused Thomas Waring was convicted of possession of a prohibited weapon and assisting an offender.

Chapman will be sentenced tomorrow.

Who was Elle Edwards?

Elle Edwards, 26, was a beautician and make-up artist from the Wirral.

The young woman sadly passed away on Christmas Eve 2022.

Elle's dad Tim said there was "no one as beautiful" as her.

At a press conference a few days after the tragic incident, he said: "There was no one as beautiful as our Elle May, her looks, her laugh and the way she would light up a room as soon as she walked in.

"She had this way about her that as soon as you met her you just instantly fell in love with her.

"Her laugh was infectious, anyone who was around her had a good time, she loved her life and had so many amazing plans for the future."

What happened to Elle Edwards?

Elle Edwards was tragically caught up in the crossfire of a deadly gang war between rival groups.

Jurors at the trial heard how Elle had joined friends for an "enjoyable night out" on Christmas Eve last year.

Her sister Lucy told how they had been at another pub when the group decided to make their way back to the Lighthouse.

Elle drove her sister home before re-joining pals at the establishment where she was later shot dead.

Chilling CCTV showed Chapman walking from the corner of the pub car park before he began peppering revellers with bullets.

Just moments before, Elle was seen smiling and hugging her friends inside the pub unaware of the horror waiting outside.

She died after two bullets hit her in the back of the head, with five others injured during the Christmas bloodbath.

One bullet passed through her skull and brain and exited just above her right eye, while the second travelled into her brain causing "irrecoverable" injuries.

Elle's death was described as a "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense".