drove by and fired into the crowd of people outside that pub, and it was elle edwards who was hit fatally and died. so let s discuss this case further, joining me now is peter williams, a former merseyside police inspector and senior lecturer at the liverpool centre for advanced policing studies atjohn moores university. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. you have obviously been following this case very quickly, what are your reflections on what we have seen so far in terms of the investigation by the police to where we are today? the investigation to where we are today? the investigation in to where we are today? tue: investigation in relation to where we are today? tte: investigation in relation to the police has been a very credible one as was, of course, the investigation which unfortunately we had to witness with the shutting of the nine year old girl, which no doubt viewers remember. that trial was concluded a couple of months ago as well. it illustrates the
social media star. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s bumper weekend of football with one of the highlights being the manchester derby in the premier league with plenty at stake for both united and city. good evening. the manchester city footballer benjamin mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, after a six month trial at chester crown court. jurors failed to reach verdicts on two other cases, meaning he will now face a re trial later this year. another man was also found not guilty of three counts of rape relating to two teenagers. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, reports. and it came to mendy! oh, what a clearance. he was the millionaire footballer who had the world at his feet. but what now for benjamin mendy? it s a brilliant strike from mendy. cleared of the majority of charges against him, but facing a retrial on two others a jury couldn t decide upon. so, come to the darkness. mendy lived
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on friday, so will be looking to improve in theirfinal group game against a side they beat 770 earlier this summer. although they ve already qualified and topped group c, southgate knows his team will be under the microscope. performance is priority. we have set a standard. we didn t reach that standard on friday. we have to get back to what we re good at. there is always a chance within that to have a look we the word at a couple of things we would like to see, as well, but the biggest thing is making sure we hit the level of performance we have set ourselves. meanwhile, michael o neill says it s imperative northern ireland end a hugely disappointing euro 2024 qualifying campaign on a positive note. o neill s side go into monday night s final match at home to group h winners denmark at windsor park, having lost seven of their nine outings, including a 470 defeat away to finland on friday. obviously we want to finish on a high if we can t, it s a difficult game against a
Story on the bbc live page, and the story on the bbc live page, and the story on the bbc live page, and the image there is the weapon that has featured strongly in this case, this is the scorpion submachine gun, and the gun itself is capable of firing up to 15 rounds within the minute, and it s this gun that was used in the murder of elle edwards, it also injured a number of other people, elle was shot twice to the back of the head, she took those bullets, and she was killed, so this is the scorpion submachine gun, so to remind you elle edwards was 26 when she was killed outside, she had stepped outside for a quick cigarette on christmas eve, just before christmas day itself, and at the same time connor chapman, 23,