Jonny HumphriesBBC News, Preston Crown Court
Lancashire Police
Elias Morgan killed father-of-three Lenny Scott in an “act of retaliation”
A gangland “executioner” who waited four years to take revenge on a prison officer for seizing a phone from his cell has been jailed for a minimum of 45 years for his murder.
Armed robber Elias Morgan shot father-of-three Lenny Scott six times outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on 8 February 2024.
Investigators at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool discovered evidence Morgan was having a sexual relationship with a female officer called Sarah Williams after the phone was found in March 2020.
Police said Mr Scott had been “assassinated” by Morgan, who was described as a “cold-blooded executioner who took a man’s life doing his job”.
Lancashire Police
Lenny Scott was the father of twin boys and a younger child
Det Ch Insp Lee Wilson said he was a “man of huge integrity and bravery who did the right thing and who sadly paid the ultimate price by doing so”.
Morgan listened to the sentencing at Preston Crown Court quietly after telling his barrister to say “nothing at all” on his behalf.
Caroline Goodwin, KC, representing him, told the court: “My very firm instructions are that I am to offer no mitigation, no submissions and no representations to the court.”