David Chambers, Danielle Dowdall, Roxanne Matthews and Paul Owen were found not guilty by a jury after six hours and 20 minutes
Two men and two women accused of assisting an offender in connection with the murder of Elle Edwards have been found not guilty.
They were accused of allegedly harbouring the gunman in the aftermath, disposing of his clothing, helping him to torch the stolen Mercedes used in the attack and then aiding his escape to a holiday lodge in Wales as the police closed in.They were unanimously found not guilty of the respective charges against them this afternoon following six hours and 20 minutes of deliberations by a jury of eight men and three women.
Katy Appleton, prosecuting, detailed how this came around 45 minutes after the first recorded mobile phone contact between the two. Mr Chambers however claimed that he had attended Chapman's property in order to collect additional chairs for Christmas dinner and did not then continue onwards to visit Ms Dowdall.
Mr Owen was meanwhile said to have allowed the trigger man to borrow his Mercedes GLC in order to travel in convoy to a site off Grassy Lane in Frodsham with accomplice Thomas Waring, where the two men torched the stolen Mercedes A-Class which was used in the murder. His car was driven to a location near to outdoor activity centre Hover Force on false number plates after being collected from him at the Horse and Jockey pub in Upton on the evening of December 31 2022.
Chapman instead headed for Wales on January 9, where he stayed in a spa with a hot tub which had been booked for him by Ms Matthews. The 34-year-old also hired a Volkswagen T-Cross to enable his travel to Penllwyn Lodges, with Mr Chambers having earlier driven her to collect this vehicle from a branch of SIXT car hire in Speke.
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