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A man accused of murdering a grandmother in her own home told police the Skorpion submachine gun used in the shooting of Elle Edwards was buried in woodland near a football pitch.

Jackie Rutter, 53, a mother-of-six and grandmother-of-five, died after being shot in the chest on the doorstep of her Meadowbrook Road home in Moreton, Wirral, Merseyside .

Four men, Simon Allen, James Byrne, Barrie Glynn and David Harrison, are currently standing trial at Liverpool Crown Court , charged with her murder. A fifth defendant, Anna McGinn, faces charges of assisting an offender in relation to the deadly shooting.

The attack is believed to have been motivated by a "robbery", during which Ms Rutter's sons Peter and Steven allegedly stole a mobile phone that Byrne and another man

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