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Moment prison officer shot dead ‘in cold blood’ after uncovering prisoner affair

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This is the moment a gangland killer shot dead a prison officer ‘in cold blood’ after he uncovered his affair with another guard.

Elias Morgan, 35, waited four years to take revenge on Lenny Scott, 33, who he shot six times outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, in February 2024.

CCTV shows Morgan waiting for Scott to leave the gym.

He ducks behind cars sneaking up on his oblivious target who is chatting to another gym-goer by the main entrance.

Hooded Morgan then approaches, raises his arms with a pistol and unleashes a volley of shots.

Morgan first tried to bribe Scott with £1,500 not to report the prohibited phone in his cell at HMP Altcourse, Merseyside.

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When the prison officer refused and reported the item, Morgan vowed ‘I’ll bide my time’ while making a gun gesture and threatening Scott’s family.

(Left) CCTV footage of the attack and (Right) Elias Morgan mugshot.
Criminal who shot dead the prison officer who found an illicit phone in his jail cell has been jailed for life with a minimum 45 years before parole
(Picuture: PA / Lancashire Police)

The killer carried out that threat almost four years later, once he had completed his sentence and after Scott had left the prison service.

The seized phone later led investigators to discover that Morgan was in a sexual relationship with a female prison officer, Preston Crown Court heard.

Lancashire Police said former prison officer Lenny Scott was murdered in a ‘vengeful and cold blooded assassination’.

A man has today been found guilty of 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.
Lenny Scott was shot dead four years after he seized the illicit phone
(Picture: Lancashire Police)

Detective Chief Inspector Lee Wilson told reporters outside Preston Crown Court: ‘Lenny was murdered by Elias Morgan in a vengeful and cold-blooded assassination.

‘It is one of the most callous, brutal and inhumane things I have ever seen in my 30 years as a police officer. He gave Lenny no quarter.’

Mr Wilson called Mr Scott a ‘man of integrity’ who ‘did the right thing in challenging circumstances’ while working at HMP Altcourse in Merseyside.

He added: ‘It was this that cost him his life.

‘After seizing an illicitly held mobile phone from prisoner Elias Morgan, Lenny resisted bribes and threats made towards him.

‘These threats including the chilling phrase: ‘I’ll bide my time, but I promise I will get you’.

‘Morgan unfortunately made good on this threat, waiting four years to take his revenge on Lenny.’

Undated handout photo issued by Lancashire Constabulary of Lenny Scott. Elias Morgan was jailed for life at Preston Crown Court with a minimum 45 years before parole after he shot dead the prison officer who found an illicit phone in his jail cell. Morgan, 35, gunned down father-of-three Lenny Scott, 33, who had found the phone which revealed Morgan was in a sexual relationship with a female prison officer. Issue date: Tuesday September 2, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Lancashire Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Lenny Scott was threatened with revenge (Credits: Lancashire Police/PA Wire)

Mr Scott’s mother Paula said her son ‘lost his life standing up for what was right’.

She said: ‘We are so angry that Lenny was killed because he was doing the right thing, doing his job well with pride and integrity and maintaining his strong values.

‘Despite being threatened by Morgan, he stuck to his values and followed prison procedure. He lost his life standing up for what was right.

‘Morgan has no regard for the impact of his actions. He not only has stolen Lenny’s future, but he has stolen our future with him.

‘Lenny now won’t achieve all the things he was working towards, all the plans he had with his children, his chance to see them grow and flourish, that has been taken away from us all.

‘Finally, to Lenny, thank you for being the person you were, for all the lovely memories, for all your banter and laughter.

‘We will never forget you, and we will always be proud of you. We love you.’

Morgan was jailed for life with a minimum 45 years before parole.

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