PM defends early release of prisoners as Elle Edwards’ father claims ‘mockery’

KEIR Starmer has defended the early release of prisoners after the father of a murdered woman claimed a man who assisted in the killing of his daughter being let out ahead of time makes a “mockery” of the justice system. Elle Edwards was an innocent bystander outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey when she was shot dead by Connor Chapman on Christmas Eve 2022.