Ex -convicted inmates for shooting prison officers in the murder of ‘revenge’ | News Uk

A former inmate has been punished for killing a prison officer in revenge for reporting the phone he hid in his cell.

Elias Morgan, 35, said to have promised Lenny Scott, 33, he would ‘get’ finally followed the incident when he served his sentence at HMP Altcourse at Liverpool in 2020.

The discovery of the telephone exposed Morgan’s relationship with a female prison officer.

Scott, a father of three small children, was shot six times in the head and body after leaving the gym in the Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on February 8 last year.

On Friday, the jury at Preston Crown Court found Morgan, from Prescot, Merseyside, guilty of his murder.

Wendy Logan, Deputy Head of CPS North West’s Complexwork Unit, said: ‘Lenny Scott is a loyal father who boldly strengthens his duties when he works as a prison officer by reporting an illegal telephone that he found in Elias Morgan’s cell in 2020.

“He did it in dealing with bribery and threats and intimidation by Morgan – and his commitment to public services will not be forgotten.

‘Morgan-encouraged by revenge and believed that he was above the law-carrying out cold-blooded murder.

“We are determined to provide justice and see Morgan being brought to order his evil crime – and our case is clearly determined how he planned and committed his heart.

“Our thoughts remain with Lenny’s family – especially the three small children – and all those who take care of him when they deal with their loss.”

A second man, Anthony Cleary, 29, from Liverpool, was declared innocent for murder and murder, a CPS spokesman said.

Morgan will be punished on Tuesday.

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