# Elle Edwards’s killer received £303,421 in legal aid, figures show

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/elle-edwards-gunman-killer-sees-legal-aid-bill-pass-300000/
- Published: 2026-11-01T13:39:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T13:47:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16256369/Elle-Edwards-gunman-killer-handed-legal-aid.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Geopolitics, Politics, World

## Key points

- Chapman’s legal aid bill has reached £303,421.
- His accomplice received £138,657 in legal aid.
- Edwards’s father opposes the accomplice’s possible early release.

## Summary

Connor Chapman, who killed Elle Edwards in a gang-related shooting in Wirral on Christmas Eve 2022, has received £303,421 in legal aid, including funding for an unsuccessful appeal. The figures have renewed anger over public spending on prisoners and the possible early release of his accomplice, Thomas Waring.

An FOI request found Chapman and Waring have received almost £500,000 in legal aid between them: Waring was given £138,657. He was sentenced to nine years for hiding the murder weapon and helping dispose of the car used in the shooting; Edwards’s father has urged Andy Burnham to prevent his release. The article says government early-release rules have been revised to exclude rapists and the most serious sex offenders, while concerns remain about other prisoners.

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