Elle Edwards’ dad Tim said if you “keep having that little bit of hope…you will come out alright the other side”![\"Tim](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_01JXS62KAJ8KGFT2NJB0BVK939.jpg\")
Tim Edwards, the dad of Elle Edwards, pose for pictures during an interview at The Pier Head in Liverpool about the upcoming documentary The Two of Us, which will premiere at the Raindance film festival later this month. (Image: Peter Byrne\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
The dad of a woman shot outside a pub on Christmas Eve said he has been “through the worst hell you can imagine” – but added there is always a little hope. Tim Edwards’ daughter Elle Edwards, 26, was murdered in a shooting<\/a> outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey<\/a> Village in December 2022.<\/p>\n Just days after her murder, her grieving dad, 53, got in touch with Liverpool actor John May, who was preparing to walk from Lands End to John O\u2019Groats as part of a campaign to end gun and knife crime<\/a>. Mr Edwards joined him for the walk at Worcester, initially just to “get out of town”, but ended up accompanying him all the way to the top of Scotland, later travelling down south to complete the first leg of the walk.<\/p>\n Two years on from their challenge, a documentary called “The Two Of Us” is to be screened at the Raindance Film Festival, which starts in London on Wednesday, and the friends say it will tell a story of “brotherhood”, grief and strength.<\/p>\n Mr Edwards said: “You\u2019ll see that when times get really tough, as long you keep going and you keep having that little bit of hope and a bit of strength behind you, and the willingness to carry on and never give up, then you will come out alright the other side.”<\/p>\n He took on the walk before the trial of gunman Connor Chapman<\/a>, who was targeting rivals in a gang feud when he opened fire outside the pub, and was sentenced to a minimum of 48 years after being found guilty of Ms Edwards\u2019 murder<\/a>. Mr Edwards said walking with Mr May helped him to build a foundation for his future.<\/p>\n He said: “I\u2019ve been through the worst hell you can imagine, there\u2019s not a lot else that could really turn me. I can cope with the day-to-day now through those experiences of walking with John and walking through the country and being alone and having therapy and talking about your feelings.”<\/p>\n Mr May, 43, who produced the feature-length documentary, said he hoped people would be inspired. The actor, soon to star as Wayne Rooney in a production at Liverpool\u2019s Royal Court, said: “The documentary is not really about the walk, it\u2019s more about friendship and about men\u2019s mental health and grief and how we leaned on each other and perked each other up throughout the walk.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s about brotherhood more than anything I\u2019d say.” The film, put together from vlogs filmed by the pair at the time and interviews once they had returned, shows the highs and lows of the journey \u2013 which at one point saw them separating for 10 days after a falling out.<\/p>\n Mr Edwards said: “I thought it would be wrong for us to not finish this together so we sorted it out and overcame that, our own personal battles against each other.<\/p>\n “I think you need to have that clash, that explosion has to happen so you can then work it out and come back together again. That\u2019s the testimony of a true friendship I think.”<\/p>\n Throughout the walk, Mr Edwards said he felt there were signs from his daughter \u2013 including a white dove which followed him as he walked around Ripon Cathedral one morning. He said: “You grab on to different signs that you hope is Elle watching over you.<\/p>\n “It was things like, there were always doves would randomly turn up or I\u2019d be feeling a bit low and I\u2019d be like ‘give us a sign Elle will you, give me something to pick me up’ and there\u2019d always something random would appear.”<\/p>\n Mr May added: “Elle\u2019s presence is definitely felt. There\u2019s things that happened along the way when he was at a low point and you can see it spurred him on.”<\/p>\n Mr Edwards said his daughter, a beautician, would be “laughing her head off” to see what he had been doing<\/a>. He said: “She\u2019d be thinking ‘my dad is absolutely mental, what are you doing?’<\/p>\n “She\u2019d be proud I think, she\u2019d love the friendship me and John have got and I think she\u2019ll be looking down on us going ‘well done dad I\u2019m proud of you’.”<\/p>\n The film, nominated for best documentary feature and best UK cinematography awards at the Raindance festival, is accompanied by music from composer Patrick Bennett, 20, who has created Elle\u2019s Theme, which plays throughout.<\/p>\n Director Owen Ward said: “If you\u2019re coming in for a true crime documentary, go see something else because that\u2019s not what it is. It\u2019s about how victims of these horrible crimes carry on in the aftermath.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s giving that sense of hope, of inspiration. If Tim can get through this horrible circumstance, you can get through anything. That\u2019s ultimately what it is, it\u2019s a film about hope.”<\/p>\n For Mr Edwards, the documentary is part of his aim to create a positive legacy for his daughter<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Elle](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Elle-Edwards-shooting-victim.jpg\")
Elle Edwards, 26, who was shot dead at The Lighthouse pub in Wallasey, Merseyside, on 24 December 2022(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n![\"(Left](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_01JXS61VW3REE5T6991WZ9CES5-1jpgL.jpg\")
(Left to right) comedian John May, Tim Edwards the dad of Elle Edwards, composer Paddy Bennet and director Owen Ward, during an interview at The Pier Head in Liverpool about the upcoming documentary The Two of Us, which will premiere at the Raindance film festival later this month.(Image: Peter Byrne\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n