stand—up, thomas waring.e years custody on count nine and four years custody on count ten to be served consecutively, total sentence of nine years. i impose a concurrent sentence of 12 months the section 49 offence, you will serve half of that sentence less than 90 days on remand, you can go down. 50 less than 90 days on remand, you can .0 down. ., less than 90 days on remand, you can no down. ., .,, ~ less than 90 days on remand, you can .0 down. . ., ~ g , . go down. so that was mrjustice goose there. — go down. so that was mrjustice goose there, concluding - go down. so that was mrjustice goose there, concluding the - goose there, concluding the sentencing hearing for connor chapman, 23 years old, and thomas waring, 20 years old, in the murder of 26—year—old elle edwards on christmas eve of last year, just moments before christmas day. she was shocked at the back of the head, dying instantly, when connor chapman shot into a group of six people outside the lighthouse pub on the wirral. and we havejust outsi

his co—accused, thomas waring, has also _ life.omas waring, has also been brought to justice. life. his co—accused, thomas waring, has also been brought tojustice. no sentence. _ has also been brought tojustice. no sentence, however long, can change what chapman did, but i hope that knowing _ what chapman did, but i hope that knowing he has been brought to justice _ knowing he has been brought to justice and is off our streets brings— justice and is off our streets brings some small amount of comfort. i hope _ brings some small amount of comfort. i hope that— brings some small amount of comfort. i hope that it _ brings some small amount of comfort. i hope that it serves as a deterrent to anybody— i hope that it serves as a deterrent to anybody considering picking up using a _ to anybody considering picking up using a gun. i would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to files _ this opportunity to pay tribute to elle's family, her throughout the whole _ elle's family, her throughout the whole investigation and trial have rema

the shooting, you drove straight to the shooting, you drove straight to the home of your friend thomas waringgloves in the shooting which produced gunshot residue evidence. you spend the days afterwards removing or destroying evidence which would identify you as the gunmen. you washed the clothes you wore. 0ther clothes and shoes were removed from your home before the police searched it and you destroyed your mobile phone. six days later, on new year's eve, together with waring, you're returned to where the stolen mercedes had been hidden. it was near to where he lived in barmston. the both of you drove the mercedes to a remote place and set fire to it. to destroy any evidence the car might have to identify you, chapman, as the murderer. the background to these offences, as we have heard, lies in violent criminal gang rivalry between those are connected to the wooden church estate and others connected to the ford estate on the wirral. —— wood church. the violence included shootings during 2021 and 2022 and created very substantial concern to the people of merseyside. 0n the 23rd of december l

he was defendant, thomas waring.ry yesterday of possession of a prohibited firearm. and as well of assisting an offender. so as you say there, we're expecting the sentencing here at liverpool crown court today around 2 pm. so we'll be bringing you all the latest on that as we get it. >> and sophie elle edwards father, tim, he is now on a mission to stop gun violence on merseyside side, isn't he, because ellie's killing related to this violence between two rival gangs on either side of the m53 . the m53. >> absolutely. of course. gun crime is a well known issue in merseyside. just in august of last year, we saw the tragic killing of olivia pratt—korbel . killing of olivia pratt—korbel. earlier this year, thomas cashman went to prison, found guilty of her murder after shooting her through their front d00h shooting her through their front door. now now, just just months after that incident , we saw after that incident, we saw ellie edwards shot and killed outside a pub. there's been many , many well—publicised shooting

connor and thomas, is a connor chapman, only 23, thomas waring was 20 years old, these are such youngeir teens. what is the driving force to enter the gang culture? what is it, drugs, gambling, extortion? h0??? gang culture? what is it, drugs, gambling, extortion?— gang culture? what is it, drugs, gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes. _ gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes. it— gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes, it is— gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes, it is pretty _ gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes, it is pretty much - work? yes, it is pretty much a little like the short answer is pretty much a lot of that is associated with the sort of drugs trade. ten years ago, we had not heard of the phrase the county lines. again, underthe heard of the phrase the county lines. again, under the government's ten year strategy published around the same time as that document, they identified that the county lines, as we call it is a specific issue. in fairness to the government, they have had some funding in relation to county lines. merseyside is one of thos

his co—accused thomas waring was also sentenced today to nine years in prison for possession of a prohibitedmed up chapman's actions — in his sentencing remarks: what you did, connor chapman, to those six victims was as wicked as it was shocking. you murdered elle edwards, bringing an end to her young life. you attempted to murder jake duffy and kieran salkeld, causing them very serious injuries. you wounded both harry loughran and liam carr and you caused injury to nicholas speed. how did you do that? you obtained a submachine gun loaded with 12 bullets and prepared yourself to fire all of them at close range at six of them. your intention was to murder jake duffy and kieran salkeld, but you didn't care who else would be killed. that's why you fired all of the bullets at the group. i'm satisfied that you are a highly dangerous man. elle edwards father spoke after the sentencing and thanked the police. the amount of people involved in this investigation from day one has been remarkable, they did not give up. they were relentless in achieving the goal, which was to get justice for elle edward

we are also hearing that thomas waring, another man was accused of possessing a weapon and assisting and just to talk us through what happened on the night we were seeing in the package a little bit earlier these pictures of elle edwards in these pictures of elle edwards in the pub. it was christmas eve last year she was on a night out with friends celebrating christmas, wasn't she?— friends celebrating christmas, wasn't she? ~ , ., �* , wasn't she? absolutely and i'm sure man of wasn't she? absolutely and i'm sure many of us — wasn't she? absolutely and i'm sure many of us up _ wasn't she? absolutely and i'm sure many of us up to _ wasn't she? absolutely and i'm sure many of us up to christmas - wasn't she? absolutely and i'm sure many of us up to christmas will- wasn't she? absolutely and i'm sure many of us up to christmas will go l many of us up to christmas will go for a night out with friends as we get towards celebrating christmas and that is exactly what elle edwards was doing with her friends, just going out for a night to the pub before christmas and then she shot dead by c

connor chapman, 23, was found guilty following a trial at liverpool crown court, his co—accused, thomas waring in prison for possessing a prohibited weapon and assisting an offender. well, let's hear now the judge mrjustice gu is summing up chapman's actions in his sentencing remarks. ~ ., , ., chapman's actions in his sentencing remarks. ~ ., ., ., remarks. what you did, connor chapman. _ remarks. what you did, connor chapman. to — remarks. what you did, connor chapman, to those _ remarks. what you did, connor chapman, to those six - remarks. what you did, connor chapman, to those six victims | remarks. what you did, connor. chapman, to those six victims was remarks. what you did, connor- chapman, to those six victims was as wicked as it was shocking. you murdered elle edwards, bringing an end to her young life, you attempted to murderjake duffy and kieran salkeld, causing them very serious injuries, you wounded both liam carr and harry loughran and caused injury to nicholas speed, you obtained a submachine gun loaded with 12 bullets, prepared yourself to fire all of them at close range at si

. planned it of thomas waring's. home i'm satisfied that you asked waring to look after the gun and that you asked him to help to destroy the stolen mercedes . six days later , as the mercedes. six days later, as the jury mercedes. six days later, as the jury had found you , waring knew jury had found you, waring knew that chapman had carried out the shooting and that he had murdered elle edwards. when you agreed to help in the disposing of the car, you also knew that the police wanted to arrest chapman on the murder of elle edwards has caused profound and permanent grief to her family and a great shock to the entire community. she was a very much loved young woman in her prime, killed by you, chapman when you were prepared to kill anyone in your determined passion for gang revenge , this court has heard revenge, this court has heard exceptionally moving statements from elle edwards family by her father, a brother , a grandmother father, a brother, a grandmother and they will never be able to come to terms with what h

chapman walking towards the front door of his criminal ally, thomas waring.tiful. very kind, very giving. she's always looking out for other people, especially her family. working hard, she was a good example to people. she was very good at picking people up. she'd set her own goals and she was achieving them. she was flying. and she did it with a smile on herface. she was so beautiful. yeah. gets that from her mother, to be honest. she was, she was beautiful. we got the result we wanted, justice for elle, that's what it's always been about. i can't thank the police enough for what they did. we got there in the end. you've always tried to keep a sense of humanity. and then the funeral, you talked about having hope. and you see that in the people that tried to help her on that night. oh, yeah, yeah. they all tried, everyone tried to do as much as they possibly can. as a family, we all suffer, always will, forever. but there's other people as well that were there and tried to help elle. and they are going to suffer. so my heart goes out to those people, it real