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Killer who gunned down beautician Elle Edwards on Christmas Eve cost the taxpayer £282,000 before he was caged behind bars for 48 years

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The killer who gunned down Elle Edwards on Christmas Eve cost the taxpayer a total of £282,000 in legal aid.

Beautician Elle, 26, was shot dead on Christmas Eve 2022 outside a pub in the Wirral as she enjoyed festive drinks with her friends.

She was having a cigarette at the time when she was caught in the crossfire of a gang feud.

Connor Chapman, then 23, fired 12 shots from a Skorpion pistol into a group of people outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey. Five others were also injured in the attack. He was jailed for 48 years.