Elle Edwards was shot dead outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey on Christmas Eve
A woman accused of assisting an offender in relation to the murder of Elle Edwards, allegedly texted her mother saying "I'm minding his f***ing clothes", a court heard. Ms Edwards, a 26-year-old beautician, tragically lost her life when Connor Chapman unleashed a hail of bullets from a Skorpion sub-machine gun outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey on Christmas Eve 2022.
The court heard Chapman was arrested on January 10 last year after he travelled to north Wales in a hire car and stayed in the Sycamore Spa. Ms Appleton said: "On 13th January 2023 at 12.22am Merseyside Police released the news that Connor Chapman had been charged with the murder of Elle Edwards." Ms Appleton told the court: "They obviously thought that they would get away with it but David Chambers discovered what they had done. Yet, Danielle Dowdall denied it, messaging David Chambers in February, saying, 'Mate I'm not a thief' and 'I don't rob off my own'."
The court heard Matthews was alleged to have harboured Chapman at her home in Noctorum, which had a converted loft room that jurors were shown a photo of. On January 2 2023, the day after police had spoken to Chapman and urged him to hand himself in, phone records show he messaged Matthews to ask where tissue and wipes were, the court heard.
The court heard Matthews is alleged to have harboured Chapman at her home until January 9, when she booked a stay at the Penllwyn Lodges in Wales, after Chapman, who transferred £900 to her account, decided against a ferry journey overseas. Ms Matthews is also alleged to have hired Chapman a car - a blue Volkswagen T-cross - and was driven to collect it by Chambers, Chapman's uncle, the jury heard.
The court also heard telephone contact showed Chambers was in contact with Chapman and Thomas Waring on December 23, and went to the Arndale Centre with Chapman and his brothers on Christmas Eve. Ms Appleton said he answered no comment during his interview.
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