Elle Edwards: coroner talks of ‘bright future’ lost as inquest opens

Liverpool coroner describes shot 26-year-old as beautiful young woman, before inquest adjourned until 5 May

A beautician who was shot dead outside a pub on Christmas Eve was a “beautiful young woman” who had a “bright future ahead”, a coroner said as she opened an inquest into the death of the 26-year-old.

Elle Edwards was celebrating with friends when she was shot in the head outside the Lighthouse pub, in Wallasey Village, Wirral, just before midnight on 24 December 2022.