A man has today been jailed for life for the murder of Lenny Scott.
Lenny, a former prison officer, was shot dead in cold blood outside a gym in Skelmersdale in February 2024.
He was assassinated by Elias Morgan a prisoner from whom Lenny had taken an illicit mobile phone, a phone which revealed Morgan, and two others, were involved in relationships with another prison officer called Sarah Williams.
Despite threats from Morgan towards himself and his family Lenny refused to discard the phone – an act of integrity which would ultimately cost him his life.
Williams was jailed in 2023 after admitting misconduct.
On Friday after a trial lasting almost 10 weeks, Morgan aged 36 of Highgate Street, Liverpool was convicted by a jury of Lenny’s murder.
A second man, Anthony Cleary, was cleared.
Today Morgan was told he must serve a minimum of 45 years before he is eligible for parole.
The man who led the investigation into the murder, Det Chief Insp Lee Wilson, of the Force Major Investigation Team, said: “First and foremost my thoughts today are with Lenny’s family and loved ones – I cannot begin to comprehend the grief they must have suffered. They have shown incredible dignity throughout the course of this trial.
“Elias Morgan is nothing short of a cold-blooded executioner who took a man’s life for simply doing his job.
“He waited four years to carry out what he must have thought was a meticulously planned murder, but thanks to the painstaking work of detectives his plot was uncovered and has been convicted and jailed for this most heinous crime.
