The murderer who killed Elle Edwards after firing indiscriminately at a crowded pub on Christmas Eve has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 48 years.

Members of the 26-year-old’s family shouted “goodbye lad”, “scumbag” and “rat” as Connor Chapman, 23, was taken down from the dock at Liverpool Crown Court.

Chapman fired a Skorpion submachine gun at a group of people from a rival housing estate outside the Lighthouse Inn, in Wallasey, Wirral.

Ms Edwards was a “wholly innocent” bystander who was killed after being struck in the head by two bullets.