Former inmate guilty of murdering prison officer in Lancashire revenge killing | Lancashire

A former prisoner was found guilty of killing a prison officer four years after saying orum I promise you to take you ”.

35 -year -old Elias Morgan planned and realized the shooting of Lenny Scott, an old HMP Altcourse prison officer who discovered the illegal mobile phone hidden behind the bars in Morgan’s cell.

After leaving a gym in Skelmersdale on February 8, 2024, Scott was shot six times on February 8, 2024 – in March 2020, Morgan revealed his relationship with a prisoner with a prison guard four years later.

Morgan offered Scott $ 1,500 to get rid of the phone, and when this was not successful, Preston Crown Court heard that he had returned to threats and warned him: orum I will bend my time, but I promise. ” Morgan also made a weapon gesture with his fingers.

Four years later, he shot his father, who has been separated from the prison service since then, before fleeing an electric bike in his head and body six times.

The evidence presented by the prosecutor’s office showed that Morgan discovered places he believed in the victim in Merseyside and in Lancashire that he could be in Merseyside because he planned a “cold -blooded” murder after leaving the prison for drug crimes.

Morgan was going to be tried for having a phone 11 days after the shooting.

In 2020, after discussions on the phone, Scott gave more than one threat to the police from Morgan.

When the jury described Morgan’s house, partner and children as “a T ,, 101 call record was played by the prison officer who said he was worried about his family.

The operator said: “He told me that there were ladies everywhere, he told me my house and told me what I look like my girlfriend and my girlfriend and twin men.”

Scott added that it was threatened in the past, but that these threats were “very close to the house” as the operator suggested.

“Lenny Scott was a loyal father who bravely fulfilled his mission while working as a prison officer by reporting an illegal phone in Elias Morgan in 2020, in 2020, said Wendy Logan Vice President of the North West Complex Service.

“He did this in front of Morgan’s threats and intimidation, and his devotion to public service will not be forgotten.

“He performed a murder of colds, believing that he was above the Morgan-Intikam and the law.

Ik We were determined to surrender justice and to see that Morgan was brought to books for the bad crime, and our cause clearly demonstrated how he planned and realized his insensitive action.

“Our thoughts remain with Lenny’s family – especially three young children – and with everyone who looks at him while dealing with his loss.”

A second defendant Anthony Cleary was cleared of the charges regarding the murder.

Morgan will be sentenced to 2 September.