Jake Duffy (Image: Merseyside Police)

A judge has warned a man who was shot by Connor Chapman to "improve his attitude". Jake Duffy was one of the intended targets of the shooting at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey , Wirral , which saw Elle Edwards killed aged 26 on Christmas Eve 2022.

It came the day after the then 22-year-old and Kieran Salkeld, 28, subjected rival Sam Searson to a brutal beating on Highfield Road in Rock Ferry, an incident which was captured by Ring doorbell camera footage and led to the assailants being jailed for 20 and 27 months respectively. This attack was said to have been one of a series of tit-for-tat incidents between organised crime groups faced on the Woodchurch and Beechwood estates, which ultimately led to the wholly innocent beautician's death

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